Whistling, inappropriate comments about appearance, touching, insidious looks, etc. are unacceptable behaviors. There “street harassment” reporting function from the free app “Geneva in your pocket” allows, since June 1, 2022, victims, witnesses or relatives to report cases to the municipal police, helping to make public spaces safer.
For several years, the Municipal police service of the City of Geneva undertook to raise awareness among your agents on the theme of ordinary sexism and harassment in public spaces. First in continuing education, this module was integrated into their basic training, in collaboration with the French-speaking Institute for Research and Training on Gender Relations, the “second Observatory”. With this expertise, municipal police officers are able to work on a daily basis to identify and prevent problematic situations and encourage a change in behavior. It is in the continuity of this approach that the City of Geneva wished to develop a digital tool for the public to help stop the phenomenon.
Experience sharing
Lancy, Vernier, Meyrin and Carouge have chosen to join the City of Geneva. Residents of the municipalities concerned will now be able to make reports on their territory and the municipal police will be able to process this data. A convention was signed between the City of Geneva and the aforementioned municipalities.
The latter will be able to benefit from the experience of the City of Geneva in order to create cells dedicated to supporting victimsmade up of agents specially trained for this mission.
Reactions from municipalities
City of Geneva
“The City of Geneva is happy to be able to help other municipalities to fight against street harassment because, across the Canton, 76% of young women between 15 and 24 are victims and 62% of women between 25 and 34 years old”, recalls Marie Barbey-Chpuis, Administrative Advisor in charge of security in the City of Geneva.
City of Lancy
“These inappropriate attitudes must be combatted because they are intolerable,” underlines Corinne Gachet, Administrative Advisor in charge of security in Lancy. “A call to order for individuals through immediate intervention by the municipal police will therefore be beneficial.”
City of Vernier
“By extending”Geneva in your pocket“in Verniol territory, a small step is being taken to combat street harassment,” believes Martin Staub, Administrative Advisor of the City of Vernier in charge of security. “It is indeed unacceptable that women hesitate to move on the streets. Safety in public spaces is an essential fight to be waged with all state actors.”
City of Meyrin
“The application against harassment from Geneva in your pocket represents for Meyrin the opportunity to act against street harassment, an area of incivility which is very present in our territory according to the result of the latest local security diagnosis”, underlines Eric Cornuz, Administrative Advisor of the City of Meyrin in charge of security. “This application also represents a first step for the City of Meyrin in its objective to gradually deploy other “Smart City” functionalities for residents and visitors to our town.”
City of Carouge
“This extension to suburban municipalities, such as Carouge, makes it possible to increase the scope of awareness of a phenomenon which is spreading insidiously in the daily life of our streets”, explains Raffaele Fraomene, the administrative advisor of the City of Carouge in charge of the municipal police who will take office on November 30. “Thanks to this application Carouge will also offer a tool accessible from our mobiles for greater security and above all to remove victims from isolation and preserve their dignity.”
The Geneva application in your pocket
Press contacts
City of Geneva
Mr. Cédric Waelti, Management Advisor responsible for communications
Department of Security and Sports
Such. + 41 22 418 24 82 / 079 596 19 79
E-mail: @E-mail
City of Lancy
Ms. Corinne Gachet, Mayor of the City of Lancy
Administrative advisor responsible for security
Such. 076 822 46 55
E-mail: @E-mail
City of Vernier
Mr Martin Staub, Administrative Advisor
Tel.: 079 705 80 07,
E-mail: @E-mail
City of Meyrin
Mr. Adrien Fohrer, Head of the communication and economic affairs department
Tel.: +41 79 298 85 95
E-mail: @E-mail
City of Carouge
Raffaele Fraomene, Administrative Advisor of the City of Carouge in charge of the Municipal Police (from November 30)
Tel.: +41 22 307 89 87
E-mail: @E-mail
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