Aids and tools for combatting violence

The University of Lille is committed to supporting victims of various forms of violence, whether domestic, psychological, gender-based or sexual.

Responding to gender-based and/or sexual violence

Prevention and awareness training
Accessible to the university community and compulsory for student associations

To combat gender-based and sexual violence (GBSV), the University of Lille is offering employees and students the chance to take part in a prevention and awareness training course. This is now compulsory for all associations wishing to be approved by the university

A guide to information and support
For victims and witnesses of violence

Since 2019, the Equality Mission has also been working on the creation of a guide to inform and support victims and witnesses of GBSV. The guide ‘Violences sexistes et sexuelles : que faire, qui alerter ? 6 points à retenir’ was put together following meetings with student associations who told us about students who didn’t know where to turn after experiencing or witnessing GBSV.

This guide is structured around 6 steps, from an emergency situation to the implementation of an administrative and/or legal procedure, including the various means available to reduce the trauma suffered by victims and witnesses alike. We invite everyone to consult this guide and keep it in a safe place.

Download the guide Sexist & Sexual violence. What to do. Who to tell (pdf, 481 ko)

Guide partner associations

We would like to extend our warmest thanks to the student associations that helped us with this project: Adespol, Apsyle, Bio Lille, FAEL, He For She Geosciences, La Goutte d’’eau, Olympe se bouge, Oser dire non

The university’s mediation center

Open to all students and staff of the university, the mediation centre is a place where you will be welcomed and can find information and answers to legal and administrative questions. Its mission is to prevent abusive behaviour and conflicts, to achieve peaceful relations, and to raise awareness within the university community of issues such as the promotion of equality, the fight against discrimination and gender-based violence, and respect for secularism. It also has systems in place to combat sexual and psychological harassment.

maison-mediation[at]univ-lille[point]fr

Tools for recognising psychological or sexual violence

How do I know if I or a friend is being psychologically, physically and/or sexually abused? Which situations are normal and which are unacceptable? To help you identify and understand violence and its systemic mechanisms, we’ve selected a number of tools.

Free local and national contacts

If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call 17

  • Phone: 3919 (every day, 7 days a week). This number will never appears on your telephone statement.
  • SMS: 114: Text your address for a quick response. Delete the sent message from your phone to protect yourself after sending it.
  • Online discussion platform with the police: https://www.service-public.fr/cmi
  • To contact the gender-based and sexual violence reporting unit of the Lille CROUS: signalement.vss[at]crous-lille[point]fr
  • In Villeneuve-d’Ascq,Louise Michel association, espace 75, 75 chaussée Hôtel de Ville, 59650 Villeneuve d’Ascq (metro line 1, Hôtel de Ville).
    https://www.associationlouisemichel.com/
  • In Lille,cIDFF (Women’s and Family Rights Information Centre), 231 rue Nationale, 59000 Lille.
    https://hautsdefrance-fr.cidff.info/
  • Solfa,94 rue de Wazemmes, 59000, Lille (metro line 1, Wazemmes stop or metro line 2, Porte d’’Arras stop): https://www.solfa.fr/
  • L’échappée,19 place Vanhoenacker, 59000, Lille: http://www.lechappee-lille.fr/
  • Allô Victime: Free telephone helpline of the Lille Bar, Monday to Friday from 12:00am to 8:00pm: +33 (0)320550955.
  • In Roubaix,Voix de Nana association,229-231 boulevard de Fourmies, 59100, Roubaix.
  • A directory of feminist associations in Lille can be found here and a map of organisations offering help and advice in Hauts-de-France can befoundhere.
  • In the region, the Nina and Simon.es bus travels the region to meet you. Follow their schedule on their social networks: Facebook and Instagram.
  • In Hauts-de-France, just like elsewhere in France,you can consult the reference document on regional initiatives to combat gender-based and sexual violence here (document drawn up by the Nous Toutes association).

Phone: 119.
Online reporting platform.

Freephone number dedicated to the crime of incest: Monday to Friday, 10:00am to 7:00pm:

  • +33 (0) 805 802 804 (mainland France),
  • +33 (0) 800 100 811 (Overseas).
  • J’en suis, j’y reste: Lille-based association. You can go to their offices or contact them by e-mail or telephone: centrelgbtjensuisjyresteorg / +33 (0)3 20 52 28 68
  • Le Refuge: emergency hotline, open 24/7: +33(0)631596950
  • SOS Homophobie: chat open 7 days a week from 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Dial 3977

+33 (0) 805 500 005 (freephone number set up by MGEN).

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