“EIn France, more than one in ten children is a victim of violence. » These are the observations that form the basis of the Child Collective, which campaigns to end harassment and other abuse of children and calls for mobilization throughout France this Saturday, November 15. Those preparing to demonstrate – from 14.00 to 21.00. in many cases – seeking to challenge governments to implement real policies to combat all forms of violence that impact young people.
If the call for mobilization reached a national scale with demonstrations in almost 40 French cities – including the largest – this was mainly because the Child Collective was present in all departments, both metropolitan and abroad. Thus, there are 100 departmental groups, six thematic groups, four support groups, one assembly and one national steering group.
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The “children’s movement”, which was launched in April 2022, defines itself as a “social, cultural and political movement” and fights against what they call adultism, which they describe as “a system of oppression and domination by adults over children and young people”. In addition to the alarming figures of violence highlighted in cases such as Bétharram or Le Scouarnec, the stated aim of the movement is that no generation of young people should “live in fear”. The initiative began in the midst of the 2022 presidential campaign, and its founders regret that the topic of children’s situations is completely absent from public debate.
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