Overview
- Collectif Enfantiste has organized rallies on Saturday across roughly 40 locations, with marches scheduled in Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Lille, Caen, Montpellier, Toulouse and Strasbourg.
- A Paris march is set to begin at 2 p.m. from the Place des droits de l'Enfant in the 14th arrondissement.
- The mobilization is backed by dozens of associations and unions, including Planning Familial chapters, Mouv'enfants, Fondation des Femmes, SNPPE, Sud éducation and Solidaires, with support from public figures such as Camille Kouchner, Marilou Berry and Céline Sallette.
- Organizers highlight official and association figures indicating about one child death per week linked to intrafamilial violence and roughly 160,000 child victims of sexual violence each year, or one every three minutes.
- The third annual action follows heightened attention from the Bétharram complaints and the May conviction of ex‑surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec, as campaigners also underscore very low conviction rates—about 3% of complaints overall and near 1% for incest.