Marguerite Durand: the force of France’s first feminist journalist The 19th-century former actress founded a daily newspaper written and produced entirely by women
Support for woman prosecuted for walking topless in street in France She said she was only doing what ‘half of men do’ and that she was overheating. A woman previously prosecuted for doing the same said the current law is unfair
French minister defends appearance on Playboy magazine’s front cover "In France, women are free," said French minister Marlène Schiappa, defending her decision to give an interview to Playboy France magazine
magazine Bra-less movement takes hold among liberated under-25s in France Numbers of young French women leaving their bra off is on the rise. We examine the societal movements behind the trend
Videos and images: People in France march in Iran solidarity Thousands of people, especially in Paris, came out in support of protests in Iran after the death of Mahsa Amini while in morality police custody in September
Stop making us wear bikinis, asks French women’s beach handball team Coach and players have made an official request to the French Handball Federation for more comfortable kit like their male counterparts
France’s ‘inclusive writing’: Have you spotted examples like ami.e.s? Electricity supplier Bulb – and Périgueux council – are fans of the new writing style but others disagree
Paternity leave in France is set to double News that paternity leave in France is to double to 28 days – and will, in part, be obligatory – has delighted parents’ groups but there are still inequalities to iron out, says one association.
Breakthrough Prize awarded to French neurobiologist Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have recognised a French scientist for discovering neuron circuits that govern parental instinct in the brains of male and female mice.
France Paternity leave: new fathers to get double time A proposal to double paternity leave from 14 days to a month is to be debated this autumn.
What to expect of France's live entertainment post-Covid-19 Like the rest of us, live entertainers in France face a new, post-Covid, normal. Connexion asks two comics what we can expect in future.
Remarkable life and death of France’s ‘first feminist’ Olympe de Gouges regularly courted controversy with her politically aware writing – and she eventually went to the guillotine for calling for the re-establishment of the French monarchy
For and against: Miss France beauty pageant Miss France: outdated or a celebration of women? Life and times of ‘world’s first’ radical feminist French Ligue 1 match has female referee for first time Anger as plan to increase paternity leave on hold
What women wear is not up for debate Samantha David says that women should be able to dress how they want, when they want Last supper: giving classic art a feminist twist ‘Journées du patrimoine’ could become ‘du matrimoine’ Grande dame of politics leaves legacy of rights Paris takes on 'le manspreading' Labrador Tag Feed