Toulouse. A train passed through Matabiau station to provide training against street harassment
By Yasmine Amadiou
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On the occasion of March 8, international womens rights day, a train is currently touring the country and stops in many towns. The goal? sensitizing and mobilisator the time of a day of the volunteers in the struggle for women’s rights and equality. The “train for equality” was on the platforms of the Matabiau station in Toulouse this Tuesday, March 1, 2022.
An event accessible to all
To participate in this awareness day, no condition is to be met except to register on the list of certain conferences. Set up by the Women’s Foundation, the “train for equality” criss-crosses from the February 26, 2022 the major cities of France to “raise awareness of the major issues of gender equality”.
Training against street harassment
During this meeting, local associations were offered instead of training to know the right actions to take in the event of harassment in public space.
what is the street harassment ? It can be characterized by verbal questioning in a public place in an insistent and/or disrespectful manner. This can go through insults, whistles or unwanted touching.
And for fight against this scourge, training on how to react to this situation, whether as a witness or a victim, was offered on board the train.
The train for equality at Matabiau station in Toulouse
This March 1, 2022, the train was at the station in Toulouse and offered awareness workshops as well as training against the harassment in the public space. Were also on the program for the pink City, a first conference at 11 a.m. to talk about gender-based and sexual violence in the medical environment as well as a second which dealt with and denounced gender-based violence in the festive environment.
The train also offered a giant exhibition which address all issues related to equality women-men and moments of meetings with the team of the Women’s Foundation present on site.
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