The Policy on Gender Equality in France
In-Depth Analysis
31-03-2015
Upon request by the FEMM Committee, this in-depth analysis covers the recent developments in gender equality policies in France. It addresses the strengths and the weaknesses of French gender equality policies in the following domains: legislation, gender equality machinery, economic independence, work-life balance, participation in decision-making, gender-based violence, gender stereotypes and health and reproductive rights.
In-Depth Analysis
External author
Eléonore Lépinard; Marylène Lieber
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- BUSINESS AND COMPETITION
- decision-making
- economic analysis
- economic geography
- ECONOMICS
- employment
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- equal treatment
- Europe
- family
- family planning
- family policy
- female work
- France
- gender equality
- GEOGRAPHY
- health
- LAW
- management
- national law
- national statistics
- participation of women
- political geography
- position of women
- reproductive health
- rights and freedoms
- sexual discrimination
- social affairs
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- sources and branches of the law
- violence
- women's rights