France
‘France’s shame’: thousands protest against gender violence
More than 100 women in France have been killed by a current or former partner this year
Nicola Slawson and agencies
@nicola_slawson
Sat 23 Nov 2019 12.54 EST
Several thousand people marched in France on Saturday to protest against alarming levels of deadly domestic violence against women, which the president, Emmanuel Macron, has called “France’s shameâ€.
The biggest rallies were in Paris. The streets of the capital became a sea of purple and white as thousands marched carrying banners, placards and flags calling for an end to femicide.
A total of 116 women have been murdered in France so far this year by their husband, partner or ex-partner, according to an Agence-France Presse investigation. The group “Femicides by companions or ex†meanwhile puts the toll at 137.
Read more at: https://www.bing.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/23/frances-shame-thousands-protest-gender-violence
You know, some of this must involve Islam but I read one case in point, there were no Muslims involved but... there might have been some foreigner in it. Not to excuse any bad actions by anyone in France. Quite a big protest.
More reading here:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-women-antiviolence-france/tens-of-thousands-march-in-france-to-condemn-domestic-violence-idUSKBN1XX0GH