France

The French government has announced new measures to combat violence against women, as the country reckons with a mass rape trial.

Protests have erupted across the world to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, observed today. 

Sexual assault survivor Gisèle Pélicot said she is honoured to wear a scarf that was sent to her from an Australian advocacy organisation.

After two months of reliving a decade of abuse in a public trial in France with the world watching on, Gisèle Pélicot has testified in court.

Thousands of people in France took part in protests across the country in support of Gisèle Pélicot, as the criminal trial prosecuting her husband and the dozens of men who raped her continues.

A French man is on trial after he admitted to drugging his wife and recruiting more than 90 men to rape her for over a decade, a case that has shocked France and the world.

Australian boxer Tina Rahimi has criticised France’s hijab ban for female athletes at the Olympics, saying “no one should be excluded”.

Anne Hidalgo wanted to prove the point that the Seine was safe and ready to be swam in, less than ten days out from the Paris Olympic Games. 

France has banned its female athletes from wearing the hijab while competing in the upcoming Olympics and Paralympics in Paris.

In France, a newly created leftist alliance scored the highest number of seats in the second round of parliamentary voting. 

Marine Le Pen is the leader of the far-right National Rally party in France. What is she all about and what does she hope to do?

The French Prime Minister has been accused of “mansplaining” and “manterrupting”, after he unexpectedly took over from fellow politician Valerie Hayer during a debate.