https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/feminist-diplomacy/news/?xtor=RSS-1 en https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH72/visuel_defaut_une_fd-44916-890bc.jpg?1702480411 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/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/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 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/feminist-diplomacy/news/article/feminist-foreign-policy-50th-anniversary-of-the-veil-law-17-jan-2025?xtor=RSS-1 On this 50th anniversary of the loi Veil, which legalized abortion, France honors Simone Veil's fight and reaffirms the importance of the right to make decisions about one's own body. This right is fundamental to women's health, life and freedom, and to the achievement of full equality between men and women. The inclusion of the right to choose in the French Constitution on March 8, 2024, was a historic step forward. The Constitution extends the highest protection to the right to an (…) 2025-01-17 17:12:15 63418_282120 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/feminist-diplomacy/news/article/women-s-rights-adoption-by-the-united-nations-general-assembly-of-the?xtor=RSS-1 On 14 November 2024, with very broad support from 170 countries, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to eliminate violence against women and girls in the digital environment put forward at the instigation of France and the Netherlands. With this resolution, France and its partners reaffirm the need to protect and promote women's and girls' rights in the digital environment, the right to private life and the right to freedom of expression. It calls on States and all (…) 2024-11-18 11:34:54 63418_281263 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/feminist-diplomacy/news/article/united-nations-international-day-of-the-girl-child-11-oct-2024?xtor=RSS-1 On this International Day of the Girl Child, which the UN established in 2012, France reaffirms its commitment to gender equality and the universality of women's and girls' rights. Respecting these rights is vital to a lasting peace and just societies. Girls' education and gender equality through education are some of France's feminist foreign policy and external action priorities. These issues will be central to the upcoming Feminist Foreign Policy Conference, which France will host in 2025. (…) 2024-10-11 17:45:12 63418_280671