Tag: International Women’s Day
Sarah Daninthe: “Paris 2024 will be equal Games, but I’m a little afraid of what’s next”
On March 8, 2024, International Women’s Day, sportswoman Sarah Daninthe is our great international guest. Great fencing champion, bronze medalist at the Athens Olympic Games in 2004, world champion in…
Between obstacle course and marathon, the long road to gender equality in sport
The Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games are fast approaching. The opportunity to look at the place of women in sport and its evolution in recent decades on the occasion of…
Sarah Daninthe, former fencer on duty for women’s rights
Editor-in-chief of the RFI morning show on the occasion of International Women’s Day this Friday, March 8, Sarah Daninthe flourished in fencing, including an Olympic medal in Athens in 2004.…
The puzzle of maternity leave for female mayors
With only 20% women at the head of French town halls, municipal executives are struggling to make room for elected officials who wish to become mothers. It is this legal…
demonstrations and counter-demonstrations around women’s rights
Thousands of women demonstrated on Wednesday March 8 in Pakistan for International Women’s Day. In several large cities of the country, the authorities tried to block these marches called “Aurat”…
Macron promises a bill to include abortion in the Constitution
On the occasion of International Women’s Rights Day, this Wednesday, March 8, Emmanuel Macron paid a national tribute to feminist lawyer Gisèle Halimi. At the Paris courthouse, the French president…
in Paris, a feminist demonstration dedicated to the fight for pensions
After a day of strong mobilization against the pension reform on Tuesday, it was this Wednesday, March 8, the feminist strike! On this International Day for Women’s Rights, feminist organizations…
emotional misery does not spare women prisoners
Focus France hosts the largest women’s prison in all of Europe. The penitentiary center of Rennes, in Brittany, has 213 detainees for long sentences, and 31 awaiting trial. Women prisoners…
Umea in Sweden, a city that takes women’s lives into account… and their opinions
In Umea, a small Swedish town not far from the Arctic Circle, there is one of the few museums in the world dedicated to the history of women. The municipality,…
Women victims of the Matilda effect in digital
The Tech and digital sector has had an unenviable reputation for ages. This exclusively male environment would not interest women. International Women’s Day helps to challenge this preconceived idea. Women…