Sophie Boutboul (France) is a member of the freelance journalists collective Youpress.

Their latest collective investigative project is the international investigation Femmes à abattre, on "political feminicides", the gender-based political assassinations of women human rights defenders, elected officials and journalists around the world.

She is also the co-author with Alizé Bernard of Silence, on cogne. Investigation on domestic violence suffered by wives of gendarmes and police officers (Grasset, 2019). She works on gender-based violences for Mediapart and La Déferlante.

(Photo credit: Sébastien Calvet)

Last modified:
12/11/2025
Sophie Boutboul
Title:
Journalist
Expertise:
Feminism, gender, inequality
Country:
France
City:
Parijs

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