Duhamel affair: the director of Sciences Po announces his resignation, the school accused of having covered up rapes: Femme Actuelle The MAG

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He only postponed the deadline, before finally giving in on Tuesday, February 9, 2021. According to information from our colleagues at BFMTV, a new resignation occurred in the entourage of political scientist Olivier Duhamel – accused of incest in the book by his daughter-in-law Camille Kouchner, entitled La Familia Grande. This time it's Frédéric Mion who has decided to give up his post as director of the Institute of Political Studies in Paris, commonly known as Sciences Po. After the revelations concerning Olivier Duhamel, he first shared his "stupor" in a press release, before finally recognizing in the columns of the World have been alerted since 2019 to charges of incest against the professor of constitutional law. Confessions that have not been made to the students of Sciences Po.

Frédéric Mion in turmoil after rape testimonies at Sciences Po

On January 18, nearly a hundred students gathered in front of the prestigious university to demand the immediate resignation of Frédéric Mion. If he had not caved in to the protests, Anna Toumazoff's recent revelations may have weighed in the balance. Monday February 8, on the eve of the director's resignation, the feminist activist, very followed on social networks – and who had made herself known in 2019 by denouncing the rapes suffered by users of the Uber application – published numerous testimonials on his Twitter and Instagram accounts. Under the hashtag #SciencesPigs, several IEP students in France say they have been sexually assaulted by other students … without the school administration intervening. “Sciences Po schools cover rapists, silence victims, and teach everyone else the law of silence”, writes in particular Anna Toumazoff.

The hashtag quickly drew a lot of reactions on Twitter, where it has already been picked up thousands of times. Many Internet users, as well as political and educational personalities were outraged by these terrible revelations. Marlène Schiappa – former Secretary of State in charge of Equality between Women and Men, and now Minister Delegate in charge of Citizenship under Gérald Darmanin – notably expressed her "full support for student victims of rape who courageously denounce the facts”.

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