Civic rights and Prevention

ROCK EN SEINE : BEARER OF THE ACT RIGHT QUALITY LABEL

OBJECTIVE: To guide cultural companies in improving their awareness-raising and prevention practices around sexist and sexual violence and harassment, risk reduction, eco-responsibility and social responsibility.

Obtaining this label in April 2023 certifies that the festival is committed to a responsible and virtuous approach to current and societal issues. 

This responsibility includes the implementation of a range of concrete and measurable actions, within the structure, for its employees and its public, through 4 axes:

• Combating sexist and sexual violence and harassment;
• Harm reduction and prevention of risky consumption and behavior
• Social responsibility, with the aim of achieving parity, gender diversity and inclusion.
• Ecological transition to measure and reduce our ecological impact

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GENDER-BASED AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT PREVENTION

Since 2022, Rock en Seine has set up a prevention, awareness-raising and support program to combat sexist and sexual violence and harassment. The feminist collective #NousToutes will once again be coordinating this prevention and awareness campaign. Together with its team of volunteers, it will be raising awareness at its stand and marauding throughout the festival. 

Gender-based and sexual violence and harassment wareness will also be raised through spots on the giant screens on the two main stages, and by relaying information via our various communication channels, as well as by posters strategically placed around the festival. 

This year, the festival worked with Médiamétrie and Consentis to create an awareness questionnaire as part of the festival accreditation application process. The aim of this questionnaire is to provide a theoretical basis for understanding sexist and discriminatory violence, and to provide a few tools for knowing how to react and adopt the right reflexes when respondents witness a situation of sexist or sexual violence or harassment.

This measure is in addition to the training given to festival teams on the notion of consent and sexist and sexual harassment in general, and to the benevolence charter drawn up with Consentis and sent to staff, artists, partners and all service providers.

#SAFERTOGETHER

This charter aims to encourage a good atmosphere throughout the festival. Everyone is asked to look out for themselves and others. Together, let’s avoid sexist, LGBTQ-phobic, racist and generally disrespectful behavior.

AT ROCK EN SEINE I PLEDGE TO :

Respect consent

Keep my hands to myself

Refrain from sexist, racist, LGBTQ-phobic or grossophobic comments.

Be vigilant about discrimination

Be aware of my limits and those of others

THIS CHARTER APPLIES TO EVERYONE PRESENT: FESTIVAL-GOERS, VOLUNTEERS, MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION…

VICTIM OR WITNESS OF AN INCIDENT OR AGGRESSION ?

DURING THE FESTIVAL

Go to the festival’s SAFE ZONE next to the general reception and the #NousToutes and Elle’s Imagine’nt prevention stands, where a team of professionals will be able to help you.

OR

Introduce yourself to the dedicated #NousToutes marauding team or to the security guards on site, who will put you in touch with the qualified staff members.

Located right next to the #NousToutes prevention stand, the Safe Zone welcomes people exposed to violent, discriminatory and/or oppressive behavior, in need of calm, a listening ear and guidance. For this purpose, the festival is calling on the Elle’s Imagine’nt association, which specializes in the fight against violence, and whose professional expertise will ensure that potential victims are taken care of.

AFTER THE FESTIVAL

Contact us at the following address and we’ll be there to help you the best we can : besafe@rockenseine.com 

Our partner associations #NousToutes and Elle’s Imagine’nt are ready to help

GENDER PARITY

Every year, Rock en Seine strengthens the presence of female artists, whether emerging groups or international artists, in order to move towards parity. For an even greater emphasis, the exceptional evening of Wednesday 21st August will feature a 100% female line-up, as did the evening of 23rd August, 2023.

In addition, the festival is committed to ensuring parity in both its musical and cultural programming, and will give pride of place to female artists and speakers, as well as to various minorities. For example: 

• the programming committee of Club Avant Seine, our young talent program, which includes seven members, four of whom are women
• the selection juries for Première Seine groups, where women’s place is also considered so that both genders are equally represented
• the invitation of female speakers to lead discussions is also planned to make the “Talks” an equal event.

ASSOCIATIONS AND CAUSES

Every year since 2010, the festival has welcomed 3 associations that have won a call for projects, enabling them to raise awareness of their causes among the festival community and festival-goers.

Video created in partnership with École Estienne. Under the educational and artistic direction of Mehdi Hercberg, Eric Boisseau, Patrick Dos Santos and Patrick Pleutin. Many thanks to the students involved in the project!