School bullying in France and Saint-Orens awareness week, Digi Mart USA News (Saint-Orens, Haute-Garonne, France): According to Unicef, nearly 700,000 students are victims of bullying each year in France, and half of them are affected severely. The City of Saint-Orens, in a press release, cited Santé publique France (January 2026), which indicated that more than 16% of children aged 6 to 11 are likely affected by bullying at school.
In this context, the commune and various local actors are mobilizing children and adults this week. Until Thursday, November 5, the Info Jeunes youth service and the Ateliers Émoi are visiting primary, middle and high school students to address bullying.
The aim of these exchanges is to encourage young people to speak up and to share practical ways to act in everyday life.
In parallel, municipal youth services are organizing meetings and discussions on prevention measures already in place within the school setting. The city stresses that speaking, exchanging and learning the right reflexes are essential levers for preventing violence.
Families and educational teams are invited to an evening at the Villa Massot on Thursday, November 5, at 6:30 p.m.
Visitors will be able to see an exhibition on the national pHARE program, designed to raise awareness among students and train adults to respond to bullying situations. Collective artworks produced by students of the Jacques Prévert and René Cassin middle schools and of elementary schools in Saint-Orens will also be on display.
The municipality also plans to begin a discussion on creating a resource body. Its role would be to strengthen awareness actions and support parents, whether their child is bullied or is the one who has bullied others.
The city states that mobilizing against bullying is everyone’s responsibility.
Separately, a survey on violence experienced by students was released in late October 2026 by the statistics service of the national education ministry. According to that study, 34% of students in CE2, CM1 and CM2 classes experienced at least one form of sexual violence at school during the 2024/2025 school year.
The same study found that 9% of girls were insulted or mocked because of their gender during that period.
