The Île-de-France region has announced the inauguration of a safe place for victims of sexual assault and harassment, in a system intended for tourists and visitors to the Paris region during the 2024 Summer Olympics. Called “l’Abri”, this space located at the headquarters of the regional council in Saint-Ouen in Seine-Saint-Denis has just been inaugurated by the president of the Ile-de-France region Valérie Pécresse and will be accessible every day of the week, 24 hours a day.
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Quite simply “L’Abri”: it is a rather unusual place, at the headquarters of the Regional Council in Saint-Ouen, in the northern suburbs of Pariswhich provides a safe place for women victims of violence.
“ We unfortunately know that during the Olympic Games, with the supporters, the alcohol, we can find ourselves with subjects of sexual and gender-based violence.explains the president of the Ile-de-France region Valérie Pécresse. It is also to prevent harassers, finally once we enter the regional council, we are taken care of. We are a safe haven by nature. »
For greater visibility, “L’Abri” will also be listed on “The Sorority” application already used by 90,000 women. This application allows women who are or feel threatened to inform other women geographically close, with the aim of being rescued or helped, in particular.
Develop more safe places
“ On the application, we arrive at the home screen and we see that in the 30 kilometers around us, there are more than 12,800 people there, so we know that we are not aloneexplains its creator Priscillia Routier Trillard. If we are in an immediate danger situation, we press the main button for two seconds, the alert button, it calculates in real time our GPS position and the position of the 50firsts people around us, who immediately have our photo, name, first name, geolocation, telephone number, and who can immediately contact us. »
With “L’Abri”, the objective is to develop more safe places, particularly in fan zones during the Olympic Games.