France

France approves a bill to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the French Constitution, defying the trend of neighbouring countries.

Miss France winner Eve Gilles recently competed in the pageant with a short brown bob and a sweeping fringe. Some people were outraged.

Students attending state-run schools in France will no longer be permitted to wear abayas to school, in line with the country’s secularism

The European Union has confirmed its first-ever quota for women on corporate boards, with the aim of securing gender equal representation.

The Mona Lisa had its protective glass smeared with icing from a cake by a man disguised as an elderly woman.

For the first time in The Louvre’s 228-year history, a woman will be leading as its president: Laurence des Cars who is just 54.

In an historic vote, France’s National Assembly last week voted to require companies to introduce gender quotas on executive teams.

In France, 122 have been killed since August 2019. A year on, a group of activists known “les colleuses” have returned to erect a memorial to the murders.

Nurses in France will receive a pay rise worth €8 billion (AU$13 billion) after the government agreed to a historic new rate.

Over the weekend, G7 leaders were urged to get rid of discriminatory gender laws that remain in their statute books and implement feminist foreign policies.

Canada, Spain, France, where else? These are the ten countries witha gender balanced cabinet, where at least 50% of ministry positions are held by women.