The University of Reunion, through its Equality Service, is organizing awareness-raising and prevention activities from November 23 to 29 dedicated to the fight against violence against women.

Saturday, November 23

The Krav Maga Women Protect association, the University Service for Physical and Sports Activities (SUAPS) and the Equality Service are offering an introductory workshop on self-defense practices on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The self-defense workshop, aimed at female audiences, will take place on Saturday, November 23, 2024 from 09:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Registration link

Monday November 25

From Monday, November 25, posters presenting the helpline 3919 "Violence Femmes Infos" and the online platform "Arrêtons les Violences" concerning sexist and sexual violence will be displayed on all university sites, with the aim of making these tools known to as many people as possible.

The violentometer

From November 25 to 29, your Equality Service will present the violentometer, a tool developed by the City of Paris to measure the risks of violence in a couple.

A distribution of violentometers is also planned for first-year undergraduate students, the aim being to raise awareness among all campus users (students and staff). This quick analysis will allow everyone to position themselves and draw their own conclusions.

Intervention by "Tikok"

This animation, in collaboration with the artist Zéro, highlights the violentomètre. He will play the character of Tikok, imagined from the Creole nickname “Kok la kour,” a rooster seeking to assert himself through “manly” aggression. But here, Tikok is also a modern rooster who wants to improve his romantic relationship. To get help, he will travel around campus and share his faults with a group of people. They will choose poems, called fonn'kèr, to illustrate the problems related to his relational behavior. This journey will lead him to confront the consequences of his actions while seeking to improve himself.

These different interactions will allow it to go from red to green. Participants will be able to immortalize their experience by taking photos and sharing them on social networks with the hashtag #tikokanver.

Exhibition of books and DVDs on violence against women

From 25 to 29, the Common Documentation Service (SCD) of the University of La Réunion will offer a special selection of books and films. This thematic collection aims to raise awareness, inform and encourage reflection on issues of violence against women. Accessible to all, these resources will allow for a better understanding of the issues and realities of this scourge, while offering varied perspectives and testimonies.

To see on the Moufia and Tampon campuses

“Emergency Exit” Comic Strip Exhibition

The Equality Service, the Audiovisual and Digital Culture Service of the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, as well as the Issue de Secours association are delighted to invite you to the exhibition "Issue de Secours" This exhibition, in the form of a comic strip, illustrates the gradual deterioration of a romantic relationship, highlighting the psychological and social aspects of domestic violence. Elena and Vlad are a young student couple. The story begins when they move into an apartment together. Everything is radiant, full of promise, happiness, and success. However, things will not turn out as Elena imagined... Throughout the story, a narrator will be present, in the form of a small avatar of the artist-author T. His role will be to accompany the reader and explain, more precisely, certain situations experienced by the characters.

On view until November 29 at the Audiovisual and Digital Culture Service (SCAN) – Moufia Campus

Tuesday, November 26

Exhibition "Fight against violence against women and girls"

This exhibition, in collaboration with the CROUS du Moufia, addresses different themes such as rape, virtual violence, non-consensual marriages, the weight of tradition… with each time, a reminder of the law. The goal: to talk about violence so that victims dare to talk about it in turn. “Because violence against women is a reflection of a Society where the question of masculine domination remains at the center of many situations. Love has nothing to do with violence.” Violence against women feeds on stereotypes of Society, trivialization, sexist remarks, the indifference of each person, which lead to denial or underestimation of the suffering experienced. The exhibition takes the form of QR Codes displayed on the gates of the cafeteria of the Moufia campus, scanning them refers to the digital exhibition.

To be seen from November 26 to 29 at the Crous cafeteria – Moufia Campus