During a visit to the association Du Côté des Femmes, in Sarcelles, at the end of January she deplored the “inaction” of the current government in the fight against “feminicides”, “sexist, gendered representations”, and “barriers and glass ceiling" that still affect women in the world of work.
A cause which he had nevertheless made "the great cause of the quinquennium", added Anne Hidalgo.
The socialist candidate then made a bitter observation: “In 2022, the situation of women remains unacceptable in our country.”
A situation that the mayor of Paris intends to change if she wins the presidential election on April 24.
Among the measures proposed in its program: the fight against gynecological violence, the extension of paternity leave, or the penalization of companies that do not respect parity.
Family and parenthood Single-parent
families
.
Anne Hidalgo wishes to give each family a place in collective reception or financial assistance to offset the cost of care at home or by a maternal assistant.
It intends to increase the supply of crèche places from 470,000 to 600,000 in ten years.
She wants to make crèches more inclusive to fight against the non-recourse of the most fragile families and to welcome children with disabilities.
It intends to allocate the back-to-school allowance from the start of nursery school, and no longer at the age of 6 as it was until now.
Anne Hidalgo would also like to create a card for single-parent families,
Education.
She wants to "correct the sexist effects" of the Blanquer and ParcourSup reforms, in particular the effect of the baccalaureate reform on girls' access to mathematics and science courses.
Labor
Equal pay.
Anne Hidalgo plans to make public the list of companies that do not respect parity and impose penalties on them.
She also proposes to reverse the burden of proof, so that it is up to the company to prove that it is not guilty of wage discrimination.
She also believes that wages are too low in France, especially for women who are in the lowest paid jobs.
She proposes a 15% increase in the Smic, and thinks that this measure will benefit two-thirds of women.
Entrepreneurship.
No specific announcement.
Paternity leave.
She would like to extend paternity leave to 16 weeks, 6 of which are compulsory, as in Spain.
It also intends to constrain companies by law.
gendered professions.
No specific announcement.
Health
Access to care.
Instead of the creation of a fourth year of medical internship planned by the outgoing government, Anne Hidalgo plans a year of professionalization as a doctor-assistant in the medical deserts at the end of the course of medical interns.
Female diseases.
Anne Hidalgo suggests overcoming the lack of gynecologists.
It also wants to fight against gynecological violence by financially penalizing the healthcare professionals targeted, but also by training them and raising their awareness of this issue.
IVG.
The training of doctors will be intensified.
After training, midwives will be authorized to perform abortions.
The maximum period will be increased to 14 weeks.
The double conscience clause will be removed.
Anne Hidalgo also wants to constitutionalize the right to abortion, that is to say, enshrine it in the Constitution to guarantee the fundamental right to abortion, and thus make it inalienable.
GPA.
No specific announcement.
Reimbursement of contraception
.
The socialist candidate pleads in favor of free contraception, the recognition of endometriosis as a long-term condition, and for better care for postpartum mothers.
It encourages investment in research on women's health, particularly concerning hormones and menstruation, contraceptives and their side effects.
Individualization of the AAH (disabled adult allowance).
Anne Hidalgo wants to implement this measure, which is a "deconjugalization" of the disabled adult allowance.
It consists of calculating the AAH without taking into account the income of the spouse, as was done until then.
Violence against women
Support for victims.
Anne Hidalgo provides social and psychological support for women and children who witness violence, and the prioritization in the social park of victims of domestic violence.
It intends to set up a child protection policy, against sexual abuse, incest, and the denial of rights.
Recruitment, training and institutions.
She wants to restore a full-fledged Women's Rights Ministry, with a budget of 1 billion euros.
"Because violence against women is one of the main causes of insecurity in our society, I will adopt measures such as [...] the training of police officers, gendarmes, magistrates, the presence of social workers in police stations and gendarmeries”, she adds in her program.
The candidate proposes to create police units and specialized magistrates, then to perpetuate the existence of a specific prosecution, “as it is experienced in Nantes”.
Penalties incurred.
The perpetrators of violence against women will incur aggravated criminal penalties and the removal of violent spouses.
Anne Hidalgo calls in particular, in a column published on the site of
Le Monde
, to stop correcting rape and sexual assault.
She also wants to impose the suspension of parental authority for people found guilty of domestic violence.
Street harassment.
Anne Hidalgo wants to increase the presence of security forces and train them, that the voice of victims be taken into account more, strengthen criminal penalties and make public space safer for women.
Sexism
.
The candidate wishes to act against sexist representations by creating an Observatory for the fight against discrimination.
