The information contained in this brochure is of a general nature. For specific information related to your personal situation, please contact your local CIDFF, which will provide you with information and assistance, and recommend qualified professionals.
Information provided is confidential and free.
There are 106 CIDFF (National Information Centres on the Rights of Women and Families) in France, as well as in some overseas departments and territories, with many local branches. You can find the address and contact details of a CIDFF near you on the website Gender equality www.infofemmes.com
Dunkerque
Boulogne- Roubaix-Tourcoing sur-Mer Béthune HAUTS-DE-SEINE : Lille Valenciennes Boulogne-Billancourt Clamart Arras Cambrai Access to rights for newly immigrated women Nanterre
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Amiens
Charleville-Mézières Cherbourg
Rouen
Beauvais Laon Longwy Lisieux Cergy Verdun Forbach Évreux La Courneuve Metz
Brest Paris
Créteil en-Champagne Nancy Saint Brieuc Strasbourg
Evry Lunéville Rennes
Chartres
Laval Troyes Le Mans Épinal Vannes Orléans
Chaumont Mulhouse
Vesoul Angers Tours Belfort Quétigny Nantes Bourges Besançon
Nevers La Roche-sur-Yon
Châteauroux Lons- le-Saunier Poitiers Niort Moulins Mâcon
Guéret La Rochelle
Bourg-en-
Clermont- Bresse Annecy
Angoulême Limoges Ferrand
Lyon
St Etienne Chambéry
Périgueux Brive Grenoble
Le Puy- en-Velay Bordeaux Aurillac
Valence
Cahors Aubenas Gap Rodez Mende Agen
Montauban Digne Mont-de-Marsan Avignon
Albi Nîmes
Auch Nice
Arles Toulouse Montpellier
Pau Marseille
Tarbes Hyères Narbonne
Foix
Perpignan
Bastia
Cayenne
Pointe-à-Pitre Papeete Ajaccio
In France, men and women are equal and have the same rights. Violation of these rights is punishable by law.
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This information brochure was produced by the CNIDFF within the framework of a partnership with the DAAEN
(Directorate for Support, Integration and Access to Citizenship for Foreign Nationals) and in collaboration with the
following CIDFF centres: Bouches- du-Rhône/Phocéen, Gard, Haute-Garonne, Haute-Savoie, Hautes-Pyrénées,
Supporting equality MINISTÈRE DES FAMILLES, DE Hauts-de-Seine/Nanterre, Ille-et-Vilaine, Limousin, Loiret/Orléans, Maine-et-Loire, Nord/Dunkerque, Nord/Roubaix, © CNIDFF -16 December 20 L’ENFANCE ET DES DROITS DES Paris, Polynésie Française, Seine-et-Marne, Var, Yvelines. FEMMES www.infofemmes.com Equality of rights for women and men in France
Family Education / parenthood
> Marriage is forbidden for both women and men before the age of > Mothers and fathers have the same rights and duties 18. Women and men may not be forced to marry. regarding their children.
> Women and men are free to live as a couple, whether married > School is mandatory for girls and boys aged from 6 to 16. or otherwise, to divorce and to separate. Repudiation is forbidden. > Girls have the right to the same education as boys.
> Women and men take decisions regarding the household budget together and are both responsible for such decisions. Work
> Women and men have the right to exercise all professions under Violence the same conditions and for the same wage.
> Violence (physical, psychological, sexual and verbal) within a > Women may work without the authorisation of their husband, couple or family is forbidden and condemned. father or a member of their family.
> Forced sexual relations constitute rape even within a couple. > Women receive their wages themselves and may open a personal It is a crime punishable by law. bank account in their name.
> All violence toward women is forbidden and condemned. Individual freedom
> Each person may practice the religion of their choice or have no Body / health religion.
> Women may dress as they wish. However, the wearing of a full- face veil is forbidden in public areas. > Sexual mutilation of girls and women is forbidden. > Women may make choices and take decisions without the > Women are free to choose whether or not to have a child. authorisation of their husband, father or a member of their family (going out, opening a bank account, working, driving, etc.) > Women are free to decide whether to take contraception or have an abortion. © CNIDFF - December 201 6