Men and women are being called on to finish work at 3.40pm on Monday to highlight the gender pay gap, one of many actions and demonstrations taking place around France to mark International Women's Day.
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.
Gender-inclusive words are becoming increasingly common in France, and while this might be a pain for language learners, it could be a sign that the French are starting to put the 'égalité' back into 'Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité'.
Selfies of French women posing in bikinis, vests and strapless tops have flooded Twitter. But what has prompted les francaises to 'get it out' for social media?
Although France has made some progress in the area of equal rights for women, these shocking stats show that there is a long way to go before égalité is achieved. On International Women's Day, it's time to look at what more needs to be done.
The French government has laid out its plans to combat the wage gap in France, with companies told they have three years to comply with the law or else face fines.
Sexual harassment in public places will be punished by a new on-the-spot fine of €90, the government has announced. The new law comes just as a wild animal-themed campaign to raise awareness of the scourge is launched on the Paris Metro.
A French female MP has denounced the "sexist" comments she received after wearing a revealing dress during a television appearance. But it's not anti-feminist to say that elected officials should dress professionally, argues The Local's Evie Burrows-Taylor.
Sixteen activists from France's second biggest student union have come forward to tell stories of rape, sexual harassment and abuse that they have suffered within the organisation.
France could hit men with minimum €90 fines if they are caught making loud and lewd comments in public places about a woman's body or appearance, under new proposals put forward to the government to tackle the scourge of street harassment.
French film legend Brigitte Bardot attacked the #MeToo movement Wednesday, claiming that actresses who complain of sexual harassment were just looking for publicity.
French film star Catherine Deneuve who touched off a worldwide feminist backlash over an open letter she had signed bashing the #MeToo movement apologised to victims of sexual assault, and said there was "nothing good" about harassment.
A French writer of explicit novels who backed the recent attack on the #MeToo movement launched a blistering new broadside Friday, claiming that some feminists will not be content until "you have to sign a contract with a lawyer before you can have sex."
Catherine Deneuve's bashing of the "Me Too" movement rippled around the world and has unleashed soul-searching at home over a culture that has long accepted flirting, welcome or not, with a Gallic shrug.
French feminists and female politicians have been left outraged over Catherine Deneuve's defense of sleazy men in an open letter published on Tuesday which denounced the #Metoo campaign and argued it has resulted in "a hatred of men and sexuality".
Eight million French people will watch Miss France on Saturday night but surely in the year that Harvey Weinstein's scandalous behaviour emerged and the #MeToo hashtag took over Twitter, it's time the annual degrading beauty pageant was confined to history, writes The Local's Evie Burrows-Taylor.
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.
France's top administrative court on Friday dismissed a complaint by feminist groups over an exhibition of plywood cutouts depicting women in a variety of poses, some of them suggestive.
French President Emmanuel Macron's proposal to let single women and lesbian couples receive fertility treatment received a boost Tuesday with an ethics body recommending they be given the same access as heterosexual couples.
The pressure is growing on Parisian men to close their legs on public transport as French feminists are appealing for a crackdown on the age-old habit of "manspreading". But will Paris follow in the footsteps of Madrid and take official action?
