{"id":21191,"date":"2017-04-21T07:08:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T14:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=21191"},"modified":"2017-04-21T07:08:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T14:08:58","slug":"its-election-time-in-france-and-womens-rights-are-on-the-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=21191","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s election time in France, and women\u2019s rights are on the agenda!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/dims-shared\/dims3\/GLOB\/legacy_thumbnail\/630x315\/format\/jpg\/quality\/85\/http%3A%2F%2Fi.huffpost.com%2Fgen%2F2823174%2Fimages%2Fn-LAURA-SLIMANI-628x314.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laura Slimani<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It is election time in France! It is a decidedly contested race, and women\u2019s rights have gained some visibility in this unsettled political context.<\/p>\n<p>Marine Le Pen, the extreme right wing candidate has used deceiving methods to attract women\u2019s votes while her party\u2019s anti women\u2019s rights vote at the European parliament reach a perfect score. The website \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=20579\">Womens\u2019rights<\/a> against extreme rights\u201d was launched at the beginning of the campaign to debunk her fraudulent claims.<\/p>\n<p>In an unusual move for France, the right wing candidate Francois Fillon made religious claims on women\u2019s right to abortion, demonstrating its reluctance to apply strong public policies to improve women\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n<p>The center right candidate Emmanuel Macron former minister of Finance in Hollande\u2019s administration has defended measures that have increased women\u2019s precarity. Still, as a candidate he claims that he will support women\u2019s rights in general terms.<\/p>\n<p>Candidates on the left, such as Benoit Hamon or Jean Luc Melenchon have shown more determination to articulate a program that includes important feminist demands. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.50-50magazine.fr\/2017\/04\/20\/jean-luc-melenchon-egalite-femmeshommes-abolir-le-patriarcat\/\">Melenchon\u2019s campaign<\/a> published a document entitled: \u201cEquality between women and men, to abolish patriarchy\u201d. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.50-50magazine.fr\/2017\/04\/11\/benoit-hamon-ce-que-nous-ferons-pour-legalite-femmeshommes\/\">Hamon\u2019s campaign<\/a> has produced documents as well. Both are very similar in their approach to increase representation of women.<\/p>\n<p>We talked with Laura Slimani, a spokesperson in Hamon\u2019s campaign, and she shared with us some of their vision on women\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-21191-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/wav\" src=\"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laura-Slimani-eng-edited.wav?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laura-Slimani-eng-edited.wav\">http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laura-Slimani-eng-edited.wav<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Photo Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.fr\/2015\/04\/11\/jeunes-socialistes-europeens-laura-slimani-_n_7040394.html\">Huffington Post<\/a> \/ AFP) (Interview by author)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is election time in France! It is a decidedly contested race, and women\u2019s rights have gained some visibility in this unsettled political context. Marine Le Pen, the extreme right wing candidate has used deceiving methods to attract women\u2019s votes while her party\u2019s anti women\u2019s rights vote at the European parliament reach a perfect score. 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