Tag: gender equality
Recognizing work to establish equal pay for women and men: the case of midwives
[Pourquoi une sage-femme et un ingénieur hospitalier devraient être rémunérés au même niveau ? C’est ce que démontrent deux économistes qui mènent de longue date des travaux sur les inégalités. Séverine…
footballer Jenni Hermoso confirmed to the judge that she was harassed by Luis Rubiales and his entourage
Footballer Jenni Hermoso, after her hearing by the judge, in Madrid, January 2, 2024. PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU / AFP It was with obvious relief that Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso briefly spoke…
For Jenni Hermoso, interviewed by the judge in charge of the Rubiales case, “everything is now in the hands of justice”
Jenni Hermoso upon her arrival at the National Audience court, in Madrid, January 2, 2024. JUAN MEDINA / REUTERS Jenni Hermoso’s schedule is busy these days. On Sunday December 31,…
Jenni Hermoso, forcefully kissed by the former president of the Spanish football federation, in the spotlight on the occasion of the New Year
Jenni Hermoso, August 20, 2023, in Sydney. HANNAH MCKAY / REUTERS For Spain, this is a symbolic step forward. The Spanish player Jenni Hermoso, forcibly kissed on August 20, after…
“An industry run by men and for men, but which relies on girls”
Ashley Mears, in Boston, Massachusetts. DISCOVERY Ashley Mears, professor of sociology at Boston University, publishes in France Very Important People. Money, fame and beauty: investigation into the heart of the…
“In the VIP area, the girls are cattle”
Arrival of the 40,000 euro bottle of champagne at the new Le Palais nightclub, in the Palais des Festivals, in Cannes, in August 2007. SIPA Parisian golden youth are out…
“With feminist self-defense, the objective is to break women’s feeling of vulnerability”
Mathilde Blézat, in Maseille in 2022. MOHAMED BOUKRAIA Mathilde Blézat, is the author of For feminist self-defense (Editions of the last letter, 2022). She returns to this specific approach to…
The boom in female self-defense: “I needed to remember that deep down I am a warrior”
Over the past decade, self-defense classes have grown in popularity among women. From the metro to the street, including domestic violence, the reasons that push them to take responsibility for…
“When innovation reinforces gender inequalities”
VHere is a neglected dimension of all the debates on inflation and social and gender inequalities: on average, the goods and products consumed mainly by men and the wealthy classes…
“Byzantine legal arguments give a feeling of total disconnection with the suffering of the victims”
LNegotiations are intensifying at European level between Member States and the European Parliament on the first directive to combat violence against women. A group of countries, including France, are still…
“Future generations should never have to wonder if sex without consent is rape”
A European directive currently being negotiated provides that all non-consensual sexual acts be classified as rape. But several member states, including France, are opposed to it. In a column in…
feminist organizations and unions in the streets on Saturday
On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Saturday November 25, feminist associations and unions are calling for demonstrations throughout France for better protection…