Restaurer le lien mère-enfant dans un contexte de violences conjugales : favoriser la formation professionnelle et l’accompagnement des victimes par la recherche-action et le partage d’expériences professionnelles internationales.

"<< Background >> According to the French High Council for Equality, 400,000 children are victims of domestic violence in France. Since the beginning 2024, seven children in Spain have been killed by their fathers as a result of domestic violence, according to El Pais in March 2024. Recently, first in Spain and then in France, thanks to the adoption of new laws, children have been recognized as co-victims of such violence. This fundamental recognition has given them access to new rights. The Hyphen project (like the one that unites mother and child in ""mother-child"") was born of observations and fieldwork carried out by our associations. In addition to supporting women victims on one side; children victims on the other side, we wanted to focus on the process of restoring the mother-child bond. In fact, the mother-child relationship is still a blind spot in the subject, and is nonetheless the focus of specific programs in our associations.With Hyphen, we are responding to two needs:- To open up a space for reflection and to give a voice to children victims of adulte violence - To train professionals who do not feel sufficiently trained to deal with the mother-child bond in a context of domestic violence<< Objectives >>The aim was to improve support for women and children victims, by comparing our experiences, points of view and analyses, by promoting training and inter-professional exchanges. In addition to our actions, we wanted to combat the invisibility of the specific effects of violence on the mother-child relationship, to encourage screening, listening and support for victims.Many women find themselves isolated as a result of the violence they suffer, and may have fusional or conflictual relationships with their children, not to mention the phenomenon of parentification that is very often observed. Specific symptoms linked to violence exist in children, which can be difficult to see without specific training. Finally, certain preconceived ideas persist: a violent husband can be a good father, very young children don't realize anything... We wanted to turn these stereotyped conceptions on their head and shed some light on this issue. As E. Durand, a French magistrate specializing in childhood and violence, puts it: ""to protect the mother is to protect the child"". And when we know the risks of reproduction in adulthood, as victim or perpetrator, of children who have suffered violence, this becomes a major issue in terms of public health.<< Implementation >>In line with the project submitted, we have set up various activities to meet our objectives: throughout the year, a process of pooling knowledge and critical analysis in France and Spain via online meetings and shared working documents. We laid the foundations for a solid partnership through a collective research and writing methodology. The progress of the work was supervised by regular follow-up meetings between the coordinator and the partners, and by visio steering committees, each time with a representative of each partner structure.We also organized two one-week research residencies, one in Malaga in January and the other in Marseille in April, to work on writing the article and assembling the training module.We also set up 3 test training sessions with 42 professionals (24 in Malaga and 18 in Marseille) to gather first impressions and build content in line with expectations and needs formulated in the field. The entire project management process was documented and published in a dedicated section on our website.<< Results >>We wrote a “six hands” research article entitled ""Restoring the mother-child bond in a context of domestic violence: social analyses, theoretical reflections and clinical experiences in France and Spain"". Our research is divided into three parts: issues surrounding the care of women and children who are victims of domestic violence; the effects of violence on the mother-child bond; and proposals for further work. The article has been translated and is available in three languages: French, English and Spanish. Its digital version is available on the EPALE platform, on the Solidarité femmes 13 website and on the E+ PRP platform. For the French version, there is also a paper version in booklet form, which we distribute to our partners or during training sessions.On the other hand, we have developed a half-day training module for professionals working with women and/or children, available in French and Spanish, focusing on the mother-child bond. This module is also available on the EPALE and E+ PRP platforms. It is not self-contained (the presence of a trainer is required), but we hope it will provide a solid and inspiring basis for other associations."