https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Pope Francis has broken with Catholic tradition to appoint a woman as an undersecretary of the synod of bishops, the first to hold the post with voting rights in a body that studies major questions of doctrine. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210207/pope-appoints-first-woman-to-senior-synod-post Sun, 07 Feb 2021 12:03:59 +0100 pope-appoints-first-woman-to-senior-synod-post Tens of thousands marched in Paris on Saturday calling for an end to gender violence and femicide in a country where at least 116 women have been killed by current or former partners this year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191124/thousands-march-in-paris-to-protest-murder-of-women Sun, 24 Nov 2019 09:33:58 +0100 thousands-march-in-paris-to-protest-murder-of-women Tens of thousands of people rallied across Europe on Saturday against sexist violence, with more than 30,000 turning out in Paris, where a separate protest against rising fuel prices brought clashes. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181125/thousands-march-in-paris-against-sexist-violence Sun, 25 Nov 2018 09:02:28 +0100 thousands-march-in-paris-against-sexist-violence A French court has fined a man for insulting a woman during an assault on a bus, the first conviction under a new law that punishes sexual harassment in public spaces, judicial sources said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180926/frenchman-gets-first-fine-for-street-harassment Wed, 26 Sep 2018 10:57:32 +0200 frenchman-gets-first-fine-for-street-harassment The video of a woman being slapped hard in the face by a man who verbally harassed her has got France talking about sexual harassment on the streets once again. Here's what Parisian women told The Local about their own experiences of being groped and pestered in the French capital. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180730/women-in-paris-tell-their-stories-of-sexual-harassment Mon, 30 Jul 2018 16:21:21 +0200 women-in-paris-tell-their-stories-of-sexual-harassment Fewer women feel the need to get married and fewer have the desire to fulfill their partner's sexual needs. These are just two ways women in France have changed in the last 30 years, according to a survey. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180308/whats-changed-for-french-women-in-30-years Thu, 08 Mar 2018 10:54:45 +0100 whats-changed-for-french-women-in-30-years Women across France were encouraged to leave work at 11.44am on November 3rd as part of a campaign highlighting the salary gap between male and female staff. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171103/women-workers-in-france-urged-to-down-tools-at-1144 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 13:24:12 +0100 women-workers-in-france-urged-to-down-tools-at-1144 French feminists will stage a protest in Paris on Monday as film director Roman Polanski, accused of a string of sexual assaults, is expected to attend a retrospective of his work. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171030/feminists-to-protest-in-paris-as-roman-polanski-attends-tribute-to-himself Mon, 30 Oct 2017 15:49:20 +0100 feminists-to-protest-in-paris-as-roman-polanski-attends-tribute-to-himself Thousands of people took the "Me too" online campaign against sexual harassment and assault started by the Harvey Weinstein affair onto the streets of France Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171030/thousands-of-french-women-take-to-streets-to-denounce-sexual-harassment Mon, 30 Oct 2017 09:53:53 +0100 thousands-of-french-women-take-to-streets-to-denounce-sexual-harassment A former parliamentary assistant has revealed that there is a "blacklist" of lecherous male French MPs that women working in the National Assembly know to avoid. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171023/blacklist-of-lecherous-male-mps-to-avoid-circulated-in-french-parliament Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:43:03 +0200 blacklist-of-lecherous-male-mps-to-avoid-circulated-in-french-parliament A lawmaker in French President Emmanuel Macron's ruling party is facing an inquiry into claims of sexual assault and harassment by his former parliamentary assistant, Franceinfo radio reported Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171021/french-lawmaker-in-macrons-ruling-party-accused-of-sexual-assault Sat, 21 Oct 2017 13:05:17 +0200 french-lawmaker-in-macrons-ruling-party-accused-of-sexual-assault A new survey reveals that more than one in two French women have been victims of sexual harassment and/or sexual assault. The study comes as a flurry of women are stepping forward to reveal their high profile aggressors including ex-government ministers. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171020/one-in-two-french-women-say-they-have-been-victims-of-sexual-harassment-or-assualt Fri, 20 Oct 2017 11:53:51 +0200 one-in-two-french-women-say-they-have-been-victims-of-sexual-harassment-or-assualt Sexism, we are told, is still rife in French offices, so here are the most common sexist French expressions not to tolerate in the office. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171016/the-sexist-office-comments-french-women-are-fed-up-with Mon, 16 Oct 2017 13:13:16 +0200 the-sexist-office-comments-french-women-are-fed-up-with Women took to the streets of one of the poorest areas of Paris on Friday to protest at what they say has become an all-male “no-go zone”, where any female daring to venture out alone is subject to severe sexist harassment or worse. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170519/protest-over-no-go-zone-for-women-in-paris-immigrant-district Fri, 19 May 2017 21:10:23 +0200 protest-over-no-go-zone-for-women-in-paris-immigrant-district French lawmakers voted on Friday to slash tax on tampons and sanitary towels in a move that had initially been opposed by the government, infuriating women's groups. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151211/french-lawmakers-cut-tampon-tax Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:23:50 +0100 french-lawmakers-cut-tampon-tax Men and women - some dressed as giant vaginas - gathered in Paris on Wednesday to protest against a French tax on tampons, as anger grows among women worldwide over high taxation of the essential items. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151112/i-bleed-and-the-state-wins-paris-tampon-tax-protest Thu, 12 Nov 2015 11:10:33 +0100 i-bleed-and-the-state-wins-paris-tampon-tax-protest Would outdoor urinals be a hit for chic Parisian women? We may soon find out, as Paris Town Hall mulls the idea. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150204/could-urinals-for-women-come-to-paris Wed, 04 Feb 2015 18:01:00 +0100 could-urinals-for-women-come-to-paris Men are more likely to be inspired to help women who are wearing high heel shoes, a French scientist has concluded after carrying-out a first-of-its-kind study. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141126/high-heels-bring-out-the-best-in-men-french-study Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:16:00 +0100 high-heels-bring-out-the-best-in-men-french-study France's finance ministry has vowed to investigate after angry female consumers launched an online petition to protest against the difference in prices between identical products targeted towards men and women, a phenomenon dubbed the "pink" or "woman" tax. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141103/french-petition-protests-invisible-womens-tax Mon, 03 Nov 2014 16:20:00 +0100 french-petition-protests-invisible-womens-tax France's whizzkid new economy minister has been begging for forgiveness after referring to women workers at a troubled factory as 'illiterates' just weeks after his boss President François Hollande was accused of calling the poor "toothless". https://www.thelocal.fr/20140917/politics-women-illiterate-france Wed, 17 Sep 2014 19:16:00 +0200 politics-women-illiterate-france