https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/feminist-diplomacy/?xtor=RSS-1 Gender equality is a priority for the French government. Internationally, the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs delivers on this commitment through its feminist foreign policy. France is advocating gender equality in international forums and wants this goal to be taken into account in all issues, including inequality reduction and sustainable development, peace and security, defence and promotion of fundamental rights, and climate and economic issues. By 2025, France is (…) en https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH72/visuel_defaut_une_fd-44916-890bc.jpg?1702480414 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr?xtor=RSS-1 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/feminist-diplomacy/news/article/united-nations-international-day-of-zero-tolerance-for-female-genital-287451?xtor=RSS-1 Today, on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, France reaffirms the importance of combating these violations of fundamental rights and promoting gender equality throughout the world. According to UNICEF, more than 230 million women and girls worldwide have undergone genital mutilation, i.e. a 15% increase compared to figures for 2016. The United Nations Population Fund states that a further 23 million girls risk being subjected to this violence over the (…) 2026-02-06 14:21:16 63418_287451 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/feminist-diplomacy/news/article/joint-statement-on-preventing-and-responding-to-non-consensual-intimate-image?xtor=RSS-1 To conclude the 2025 campaign of the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, the members of the Global Partnership for Action on Gender-Based Online Harassment and Abuse (Australia (eSafety Commissioner), Canada, Chile, Finland, France, Iceland, Montenegro, the Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom) have publication a declaration on the prevention and response to NCII abuse, including those manipulated by or generated by artificial intelligence. The advent of (…) 2025-12-11 12:55:08 63418_286824 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/feminist-diplomacy/news/article/feminist-diplomacy-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against?xtor=RSS-1 On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2025, France reaffirms its commitment to protecting women and girls from all kinds of violence. In 2025, one in three women in the world said they had been subjected to physical or sexual violence from a partner, a member of their family or someone else during their life (UN Women). The French diplomatic network is working actively throughout the world to this end. On 23 October 2025, at the end of the (…) 2025-11-25 12:01:56 63418_286621 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/feminist-diplomacy/fourth-ministerial-conference-on-feminist-foreign-policy/article/in-paris-31-states-adopt-a-political-declaration-to-defend-women-s-and-girls?xtor=RSS-1 “Over 500 of us gathered in Paris today in the name of a coalition of States that reject regression. An enlarged coalition, bringing together all regions of the world. A courageous, determined coalition which affirms its commitment to gender equality […], which speaks with one voice through a political declaration.” - Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs. Meeting on 22 and 23 October 2025, 31 States endorsed a political declaration at the Fourth Ministerial Conference on (…) 2025-10-24 14:23:47 66173_286234 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/feminist-diplomacy/fourth-ministerial-conference-on-feminist-foreign-policy/article/adoption-of-the-joint-political-declaration-4th-ministerial-conference-on?xtor=RSS-1 Paris Joint Political Declaration on Achieving Gender Equality, Promoting Human Rights of All Women and Girls and Strengthening a Feminist Approach to Foreign Policy under the auspices of the 4th Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policies in Paris, October 22 and 23 2025 Preamble We, the undersigned Ministers and high representatives of governments, including Armenia, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, (…) 2025-10-23 18:33:55 66173_286218 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/feminist-diplomacy/news/article/international-safe-abortion-day-27-september-2025?xtor=RSS-1 28 September is International Safe Abortion Day. To mark it, France reaffirms its commitment to women's access to voluntary termination of pregnancy. It must be possible to exercise this basic right under satisfactory conditions of safety, respect and dignity. France was the first country to enshrine in its constitution the freedom to have a voluntary pregnancy termination, in March 2024. It is taking action to guarantee access to sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide. In (…) 2025-09-29 11:44:45 63418_285878 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/feminist-diplomacy/fourth-ministerial-conference-on-feminist-foreign-policy/article/fourth-ministerial-conference-on-feminist-foreign-policies?xtor=RSS-1 On 22 and 23 October 2025, France will host the fourth Ministerial Conference on feminist foreign policies. This international event will offer an opportunity to reassert our shared determination to defend and promote women's rights and gender equality, and accept no regression. To watch the live stream of the 4th Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policies, click on this link. (Languages available : French, English, Spanish) The rights of women and girls and gender equality: a (…) 2025-09-16 09:48:53 66173_285524 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/feminist-diplomacy/news/article/feminist-foreign-policy-30th-anniversary-of-the-beijing-declaration-and?xtor=RSS-1 On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action by 189 countries on September 15, 1995, France reaffirms its unwavering commitment to women's rights and gender equality. Through its feminist foreign policy, France is working to promote the rights and roles of women and girls in political life and in the areas of peace, security, health, education and the fight against poverty. As the leading donor to civil society organizations, (…) 2025-09-15 18:07:43 63418_285518 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/feminist-diplomacy/news/article/international-women-s-day-france-launches-its-international-strategy-for-a?xtor=RSS-1 On this International Women's Day, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot reaffirmed our priority focus on women's rights by launching the first international strategy for a feminist foreign policy (2025-2030). Developed through a participatory process involving more than 200 national and international partners, this strategy sets a clear and ambitious course to place women's rights and equality at the heart of our foreign policy and reaffirms its basic priorities: defending (…) 2025-03-07 17:49:50 63418_282993 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/feminist-diplomacy/news/article/un-international-day-of-zero-tolerance-for-female-genital-mutilation-6-feb-2025?xtor=RSS-1 On this International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, France demands an end to this intolerable form of violence without further delay. It is an unacceptable attack on the physical integrity and fundamental rights of women and girls. That makes it a human rights violation, which France condemns in the strongest possible terms. Throughout the world, France defends the right to have control over one's own body. It is an inalienable right that is fundamental to women's (…) 2025-02-06 18:41:31 63418_282514