Mouvement Du Nid Martinique

Le Mouvement du Nid – France is a non-profit organization working to support those exploited through prostitution

Established throughout France, Mouvement du Nid is both a grassroots association and a social movement: it calls for a civic, political and cultural commitment against the prostitution system and all forms of violence against women.

Every year, our activists have thousands of exchanges with
those exploited through prostitution meet on prostitution sites and at
drop-in centers.

With the women exploited through prostitution: Since its creation over 80 years ago, the thinking, methodology and action of Mouvement du Nid have been built with victims. It is with them that the Mouvement du Nid has been able to understand the prostitution system, its causes and its consequences. It is with them that it has been able to design its actions of support, alternatives and prevention.

The Martinique delegation of the Mouvement du Nid was officially created in March 2017.

Almost all the women we welcome have experienced violence from a very early age, which has led them into a very precarious situation. Migration stories show that living conditions in the countries they cross make these women even more vulnerable to sexual violence and prostitution.
On arrival at the association, the aim is to offer support and a safe place
to listen. Professional staff strive to create a bond of trust and facilitate their integration.

Support focuses on helping people with administrative and
legal formalities to gain access to their rights, in particular to employment, training and housing.

Our multidisciplinary team accompanies victims of prostitution, offering them comprehensive, tailored support to guide them
towards a sustainable exit.
This personalized path is structured around essential services, including:

Accompanying women

– Outreach: regular visits to prostitution sites to meet women, to establish initial contact, identify them and offer them our support.

– Administrative and legal procedures: Social support for regularization procedures (asylum application, residence permit), access to common rights (social security, CAF, France travail registration, etc.), access to housing and
budget management. Permanence of a lawyer specialized in foreigners’ law.

– FLE (Français Langue Etrangère) and FLI (Français Langue d’Intégration) courses: French courses adapted to the levels and needs of female learners, preparation and support for the DELF exam in collaboration with CARIBFLE.

– Guichet Santé: health professionals on duty at
GPs, nurses, gynecologists, psychologists (Creolophone, Spanish-speaking and English-speaking). Group awareness and prevention workshops: breast cancer screening, sexual and reproductive health, distribution of washable sanitary pads made by the Made In Woman sewing workshop.

– Emergency accommodation: Provision of emergency accommodation to offer temporary shelter until a permanent solution is found.

– Food parcels: In partnership with the Banque Alimentaire, monthly distribution of food parcels containing basic necessities and hygiene kits.

– Sewing training: Qualiopi-accredited sewing training leading to a diploma in alterations and tailoring, with Made In Women workshop certification. Business start-up coaching.

– Direct assistance: coverage of exceptional, urgent expenses (invoice debts, optical devices, medical consultations, health examinations, tax stamps for residence permits, etc.),

– Action research: data collection, needs analysis,

Preventing underage prostitution

– Training for professionals: Training for professionals (PJJ, MECS, Foyers, educational teams, elected representatives, social workers, etc.) to raise awareness, provide information and offer prevention and detection tools.

– Prevention and awareness-raising for young people: EVRAS (Education à la Vie Relationnelle Affectiveet Sexuelle – Education in Relationships, Affectations and Sexuality) for middle and high school students, adapted to the age of the young people.
Prevention and awareness-raising workshops for young people from the PJJ, in MECS, Foyers and FJTs, on sensitive issues facing young people (pornography, sexist and sexual violence, consent, harassment, health
…).

– Creation of educational tools: Creation of an educational kit for professionals, bringing together materials and tools for the prevention, detection and care of minors who are victims of prostitution.

– Action research: Data collection from the young public, by means of a questionnaire accessible by QR code, to feed a survey on the reality of prostitution of minors on the territory of Martinique.