Ni Putes Ni Soumises

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Ni putes ni soumises (“neither whores nor submissive”) is a movement that emerged in 2003 to draw attention to the situation of women in the French banlieues . The aim is, among other things, to show girls and women their rights in the male-dominated Muslim society in the satellite cities of France and to sensitize the general public to the situation of those affected. The movement is receiving a lot of attention from politics and the mass media .

Meaning of the name

The name of the movement indicates the dual character of the specific oppression to which women are exposed as part of the immigrant population and as residents of satellite towns. This is expressed in the dilemma of either being considered fair game or living according to traditional roles as an early married young woman. The background to this is that a parallel society has developed in France since the beginning of the 1980s, which is predominantly characterized by traditional role models from Muslim North Africa and in which a two-class law based on the Islamist model applies to women and men.

Trigger the movement

The movement started after the death of the young Muslim woman Sohane Benziane , who was burned alive. This formed the trigger for the “march of women from the suburbs” across France. The participants, whose hard core consisted of around 24 activists, went from town to town to present their situation during lectures and discussions. The aim was to initiate a movement of the “girls of the satellite towns” ( Filles des cités ) in order to trigger a nationwide social discourse on the specific situation of oppression of these girls. At the end of this action, the participants and numerous other supporters formed the vanguard of the demonstration in Paris on the occasion of International Women's Day on March 8, 2003.

Actions

In 2004 the movement drew the public's attention when the 23-year-old Franco-Tunisian Ghofrane Haddaoui was stoned on October 17, 2004 in Marseille .

On March 6, 2010, in anticipation of International Women's Day on March 8, the organization drew attention to itself with a spectacular action in Paris . About 50 young activists and ten boys gathered at the Place de la République . The trigger was a delay in the legislative process that was supposed to establish the ban on the burqa in public spaces. The protest rally was accompanied by banners like "Neither veil nor burqa" ( Ni voile ni burqa ) "or" Shave my legs - yes, duck - no " ( raser mes jambes oui, raser les murs non ) . The highlight of the event was The statue on the Place de la République was covered with a nine-meter-long black burqa. Sihem Habchi, chairman of the organization at the time, stated that this action was intended to remind all feminist movements that feminism cannot be realized without separation of church and state .

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  1. ^ The uprising of the Muslim women in Emma of July / August 2003, accessed on February 11, 2012
  2. ^ Bernhard Schmid (Paris) : "Ni putes ni soumises": A movement of women from the French banlieues against specific oppression , accessed on February 13, 2012
  3. ^ Ni Putes ni Soumises recouvre la statue de la place de la République d'une burqa , Le Monde from March 6, 2010, accessed on February 11, 2012