https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/human-rights/women-s-rights/?xtor=RSS-1 en https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH72/visuel_defaut_une_fd-44916-890bc.jpg?1702480415 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr?xtor=RSS-1 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/human-rights/women-s-rights/events-6401/article/women-s-rights-international-safe-abortion-28-sept-2024?xtor=RSS-1 Today, International Safe Abortion Day, France reaffirms the importance of defending, throughout the world, everyone's right to freedom over their own bodies. This inalienable right is crucial for the health, life and freedom of women, as well as for the full achievement of gender equality. At the United Nations General Assembly, M. Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, recalled France's commitment to protecting sexual and reproductive health and rights and the importance (…) 2024-10-01 10:05:07 59131_280436 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/human-rights/women-s-rights/events-6401/article/un-international-day-of-zero-tolerance-for-female-genital-mutilation-6-feb-2023?xtor=RSS-1 On this International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, France calls for an immediate end to this form of sexual and sexist violence, which represents an intolerable attack on women's and girls' bodily integrity and a severe and unacceptable violation of their rights. Equality between men and women, promoting the rights of women and girls, and combating sexual and gender-based violence are central to France's feminist foreign policy. France stands with civil society (…) 2023-02-07 10:51:02 59131_271225 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/human-rights/women-s-rights/events-6401/article/exhibition-female-diplomats-in-france-from-1930-to-tomorrow?xtor=RSS-1 Gender equality has been declared the great cause of President Macron's term. It is now at the centre of France's work around the world. The credibility of this commitment depends on setting an example through France's diplomatic network by working towards gender equality in the workplace. 2019-03-08 12:45:17 59131_240896