The woman behind France's answer to the #MeToo campaign exposing abusive behaviour by men was to appear in court on Wednesday accused of slandering a media executive who she said had made lewd remarks.
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.
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.
The French government is set to make the increasingly prevalent act of "upskirting" illegal as part of a bill that aims to tackle street harassment in France.
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.
The Boston Globe published a bombshell expose on Friday accusing more than two dozen professionals in the fashion industry, among them legendary photographer Patrick Demarchelier, of sexual misconduct.
At least 267,000 people, mostly women, were sexually abused on public transport over a two-year period in France, a new study has revealed, highlighting just how serious the problem has become.
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.
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.
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.
UPDATED: A new law will impose on-the-spot fines for harassment of women in the streets of France, a minister said Monday, as the
sex scandal engulfing Hollywood honcho Harvey Weinstein encouraged French women to tell their stories.
France's Finance Minister Michel Sapin was forced on Friday to deny that he ever "twanged the knickers" of a female journalist, after the claim was made in a book and led to calls for him to step down.
A 29-year-old woman has been placed in police custody for allegedly sending "malicious messages" and "erotic photos" to France's Minister for Economy, Emmanuel Macron.
France has vowed to put a "stop" to the scourge of sexual harassment on public transport by launching a new campaign. It comes not long after a survey on the subject revealed shocking responses from Parisian women.
The French public are to be reminded through an advertising campaign that sexual harassment is illegal, as the government tries to crack down on the scourge of sex pests on public transport.
<p>Bahrain's ambassador to France on Wednesday denied "unfounded allegations" he had groped a former domestic worker in his exclusive Paris residence.</p>
<p>French prosecutors opened a preliminary investigation Tuesday after a former domestic worker for Bahrain's ambassador in France complained of sexual harassment, a judicial source said.</p>
