Europe 1 with AFP 6:16 p.m., March 3, 2023

This Friday, March 3, the government announced the launch, in Val-d'Oise, of a system to unlock many aids, professional support, social benefits or even access to accommodation to support women. victims of domestic violence when they leave their home.

The government launched Friday the experiment in the Val-d'Oise of a device allowing to release a host of aid, professional support, social benefits or even accommodation, as quickly as possible to support women victims of domestic violence when they leave their home.

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“When you are a victim of violence for years, it is very complicated to leave. I hope that with a device like this, women victims of violence will be able to leave quietly when they feel that they are in danger”, declared Isabelle Lonvis-Rome, Minister responsible for equality between women and men, during the launch of the device at the prefecture of Val-d'Oise.

This ad hoc device called "new start pack" presented a few days before International Women's Rights Day on Wednesday, was announced by the Head of State Emmanuel Macron on November 25.

It must remove the obstacles for women at the time of their separation from a violent partner. 

The system tested offers financial assistance, professional integration, emergency accommodation, the establishment of childcare or psychological monitoring.

This aid can be released as soon as a woman reports her situation to a reference person.

"It can be an association, a doctor, a mayor (...) There is no appointed person" specified the minister.

"When you are completely helpless, all the steps are complicated. So they must not have too many interlocutors, or in any case only one, to be able to get by," said Isabelle Lonvis-Rome.

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A system that should be extended to all French departments

"Once the reporter is aware of this situation, that's when he will seize the referent of CAF, who will be this unique referent who will trigger a priority for this woman" she continued.

During 2023, the “new start pack” will be extended to four other departments, including one overseas and one in rural areas.

The system should then be extended to all French departments by the end of 2025 or the beginning of 2026.