The Nordic countries might be the best known for their gender-equal policies, but a new ranking on equality between men and women taking into account things like work, money and education places France second within the EU.
Cities and villages across France are scrambling to rid themselves of plaques while schools are moving to change their names following a raft of posthumous sexual abuse accusations against a charity icon who was showered with accolades in his lifetime.
After passing landmark legislation in 2018 to outlaw sexual harassment in public places, France has increased the penalties for certain types of street harassment.
France's answer to the Oscars, the Cesar Awards, will hold its ceremony on Friday, with a distinct lack of women nominees despite a post-MeToo overhaul aimed at improving its feminist credentials.
Sexism remains at an "alarming" level in France with many young men judging discriminatory or violent behaviour against women to be acceptable, a report published on Monday found.
The French Cycling Federation on Saturday defended its decision to pay for business seats for male cyclists while its women's team flew economy on the long trip to the World Championships in Australia.
Four years after the #MeToo movement, French victims of gender-based violence are still struggling to obtain justice, with the police accused of failing to take their complaints seriously.
A quarter of employees at the French video game giant Ubisoft have been victims of professional misconduct at work or were witnesses to it, according to a survey carried out by the group following allegations of sexual misconduct.
A total of 121 women were killed by their partner or former partner in France last year, equating to one death every three days, government figures have revealed.
More than one million French women, or one woman in 20, are targets of sexist comments in public, according to a new report on sexism. *French language learner article.*
A French man caught on camera slapping a young woman on a Paris street after she berated him for making lewd comments was given a six-month custodial sentence on Thursday.
France's gender equality minister Marlène Schiappa has announced the government's new plans against domestic abuse which aims to make sure women can "leave before it is too late".
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.
A French feminist group is pushing for lewd holiday postcards featuring mainly near-naked women to be banned, calling them "sexist and sometimes pornographic".
A young woman who posted a shocking video of a man punching her outside a Paris cafe launched a website on Wednesday which allows victims of harassment to tell their stories.
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.
A branch of a French supermarket chain has been accused of sexism for promoting a special offer on gasoline in which it uses images of young women in bikinis standing at the pump.
The most political Cannes film festival in years opens late on Tuesday with female stars vowing to protest on the red
carpet against industry sexism, two top directors barred from attending and bans hanging over some movies.
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.
A collective of 100 prominent French women including famed actress Catherine Deneuve have denounced the "puritanism" that followed in the wake of allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, declaring that men should be "free to hit on" women.
