Giving Compass' Take:

• Activists are reporting that 138 women have been killed by a current or former partner in France so far in 2019.

• How can funders work to bring about the type of cultural shift required to decrease domestic abuse? 

• Learn about a project working to support survivors of domestic abuse. 

Paris, France - Protesting does not come naturally to Sylvaine Grevin, a softly spoken, middle-aged woman who lives in Brittany, in the west of France. In fact, she spent the vast majority of her life thinking she would never attend one. That was until the death of her sister, Benedicte, a victim of domestic violence. Now, Grevin says, she marches for her.

On Saturday, Grevin and a group of family members who had lost a loved one to domestic violence led tens of thousands of people through the streets of Paris to demand action from the government on the issue.

March organisers from the feminist collective Nous Toutes said 100,000 people turned out to protest. Some French media organisations put the figure at 49,000, while the city police said it was 35,000.

Activists say one thing is certain: It was the largest public demonstration condemning violence against women in French history.

Read the full article about violence against women in France by Megan Clement at Al Jazeera.