"Mask 19" (Masque 19)
If you are suffering domestic abuse, you can go to the pharmacy or shopping centre and raise the alarm from there. The code is… MASK 19.
According to the French police reports, one of the consequences of France’s lockdown measures was the rise in the number of cases of domestic violence (+38%). This is why the French authorities came up with innovative measures that can protect and help victims trapped at home with their abusers.
General telephone HELPLINES :
- 3919 Victims of domestic violence in France (Monday to Saturday from 9h – 19h)
- 01 44 32 49 01 Paris lawyers offering free online and phone consultation to victims of domestic violence (Monday to Friday from 9h30 – 12h30 and from 14h – 17h)
- 0 800 73 09 58 Mental health professionals (7/7 from 8h – 00h)
- 01 4800 4800 Support and information for families affected by mental disorders (7/7 from 13h – 21h)
Important 24/7 HOTLINES :
- 0 800 059 595 Sexual abuse
- 119 Children in danger
- 115 Emergency shelter
- 114 Emergency SMS / Videoconference for deaf and mute
- 18 FIRE BRIGADE
- 17 POLICE
- 15 SAMU / Medical emergency
Police help WEBSITES :
- signalement-violences-sexuelles-sexistes.gouv.fr A sexual and gender-based violence reporting platform with guaranteed anonymity.
- arretonslesviolences.gouv.fr Allows victims to contact police, to file reports, begin investigations and interventions in all domestic violence matters.
Despite the coronavirus lockdown, all victims have the right to flee when there is a danger of death, rape or attack inside the home.
– Clinician Nancy 🍀
Textes de référence :
- Ministère de l’Intérieur
- Secrétariat de l’état chargée de l’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes et de la lutte contre les discriminations
- Santé Publique France
- Ministre des Solidarités et de la Santé
