Emilie Caplier & Priscillia Kakousky
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Emilie Caplier & Priscillia Kakousky

Founder & PresidentElle veut être libre

Why Making Noise Can Help Free Speech on Domestic Violence?

10:41·1 February 2025

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Emilie Caplier is the founder of the association Elle veut être libre, and Priscillia Kakousky is its president. The association was born in 2023 from the eponymous song created by the founder, who wanted to put words to the pain, to heal and become the messenger for all women on the subject of domestic violence in Château-Thierry, in the Hauts-de-France.

Singing is already a form of therapy. Music has always accompanied Emilie Caplier. It also led her to share her life with a man who abused her for 8 years. Today, she continues to heal and help other women victims of violence through singing. 

This is a personal mission I have set for myself and a therapy, to leave a mark, to say that women are not alone, to give them the courage to act and to tell them that we can rise again,” she emphasizes.

It was also through music that she aimed to make an impact with a first event organized by the newly founded association last November, a grand show in Château-Thierry with notable sponsors: Fabienne Thibault, Nathalie Marquay, Sandrine Alexi. The money raised from ticket sales helped gather funds that will allow a psychologist to support 3 women.

The goal is to create a fund to act in emergencies, for example, to finance the deposit on an apartment to ensure a woman's safety or to furnish another after a move, and to provide funding for care. It is also about supporting and redirecting to competent organizations.

We must help others,” Emilie Caplier passionately states. “Even if we are just a small drop in a vast ocean, even if we can only save one or two women, that will be our mission, one that we will carry in our hearts.”

Florence Jaillet
impact.info journalist
Published on 1 February 2025