Vague de féminicides : Le silence coupable du ministère de la Famille !
Thirteen victims since the beginning of the year. Thirteen lives shattered, thirteen families bereaved, thirteen destinies torn away in an institutional indifference that is becoming, day by day, intolerable.
In recent days, the names of Mame Diarra Sow (24 years old, killed in Thiès), Aminata Sy (17 years old, killed in Podor), and Astou Pierre (who succumbed to her burns after an acid attack) have been added to an already far too long list. Behind these numbers and names are faces, dreams, and a stark reality: in Senegal, being a woman continues to pose a deadly threat to one's very life.
As public outrage grows, as feminist movements and civil society raise their voices and citizens demand justice, a question arises in the public mind: where is the State? More precisely, where is the Ministry of Family and Solidarity hiding?
In times of crisis and faced with a resurgence of extreme violence, the primary duty of a supervisory authority is to embody public power: to condemn, to reassure, and to take action. Yet, in the face of this massacre behind closed doors, the silence of the Ministry of Family Affairs is deafening.
This silence is not simply a communication breakdown; it is experienced by the victims, their loved ones and society as a whole as a form of contempt and abdication.
How can we make people understand that women's lives matter if the national institution responsible for their protection doesn't even deem it necessary to publish an official statement, express compassion, or announce emergency measures?
While the actions of the defense and security forces in arresting suspects are to be commended, the response to systemic violence cannot be solely repressive or security-based. It must be fundamentally political.
The silence of the authorities only reinforces the feeling of impunity. To put an end to the case-by-case management of crime, the government and the relevant ministry must break their silence and take concrete action.
An official and firm statement: The Ministry of Family must unequivocally condemn these crimes and affirm the Nation's solidarity with the bereaved families.
The criminalization of femicide: It is urgent to formally include femicide in the Senegalese Penal Code in order to adapt the legal qualification to the reality of sexist crimes.
A national prevention and protection plan: This involves the creation of emergency reception centers for women at risk, the priority processing of complaints for domestic violence and the strengthening of legal and psychological support resources.
Every day of institutional silence sends a signal of weakness to abusers. The Ministry of Families must take responsibility and assume the role of bulwark that citizens expect.
Justice for Mame Diarra, Aminata, Astou, and all those whom the system failed to protect.
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