WILPF/PeaceWomen themes covered:
General Women, Peace and Security: 2/20;
Conflict Prevention: 1/20;
Disarmament: 0/20;
Displacement and Humanitarian Response: 1/20;
Participation: 2/20;
Peace Processes:0 /20;
Peacekeeping: 1/20;
Protection: 3/20;
Reconstruction and Peacebuilding: 0/20;
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: 2/20;
Implementation: 0/20;
Justice, Rule of Law, SSR: 1/20;
Human Rights: 1/20.

S/PV.7289: "France calls for the full implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty, including the provision on gender, so as to better take into account the risk of the use of arms against women and children."

Implementation:
Implementation of 1325 National Plan of Action adopted in October 2010.

Protection:
France was instrumental in recasting operational documents of the European Security and Defence Policy to include protection of women in conflict situations and promotion of their role with respect to emerging from crisis.

**Note: Data is available for 2010. No WPS commitments have been made in 2011.

Arms Transfer Revenue in 2013: $1,511,000,000
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UN Women Government Total Contribution in 2013: $2,200,000

Other WPS-related projects that France has contributed to:

- Implementation of a “Gender and Social Cohesion” programme (€1.3 million, 2013-2016) on the employment of young men and women in Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, in partnership with UN Women;

- In the Central African Republic, funds have also been channelled to programmes to protect women and children in the CAR (€100,000 in 2014). 

HDI (Human Development Index):
France was ranked 22nd.

France is included in the "Very High Human Development" category.

Women from France are on duty in the following peacekeeping missions: 

MINURSO (0),

MINUSMA (1),

MINUSTAH (2),

MONUSCO (2),

UNIFIL (45),

UNMIL (0),

UNOCI (1),

UNTSO (0).

Information on allegations (2013-2014) has not been delivered to the national authorities on time. Instead, information about the Allegations was passed from desk to desk, inbox to inbox, across multiple UN offices, with no one willing to take responsibility to address the serious human rights violations. Indeed, even when the French government became aware of the Allegations and requested the cooperation of UN staff in its investigation, these requests were met with resistance and became bogged down in formalities. Staff became overly concerned with whether the Allegations had been improperly “leaked” to the French authorities, and focused on protocols rather than action.

Following the recent damaging revelations of French soldiers sexually abusing children in Central African Republic, French prosecutors immediately suspended ten soldiers while further investigations are undertaken (UN CAR Review Report, 2015).

France made no statements at the meetings of the Security Council on their position on the sexual exploitation and abuse committed by peacekeepers.

Key women's organisation's (Women's Lobby - French Coordination) efforts in regard to gender issues include the following:
- Number of conferences: 20+;
- Number of publications: 1 (annual report);
- Social services provided: coordination, networking, and policy championing between national NGOs, international NGOs, and governments.

Types of social support provided:
Education: Yes
Anti-violence: Yes
Women's empowerment: Yes
Gender-related training: Yes
Political participation: Yes
Anti-human trafficking: Yes
Women's health: Yes
Lobbying and policymaking: No
Fundraising: No

France hosted the following high-level events in 2014:
- OECD-DAC Workshop on Gender and Statebuilding;
- International Women's Day Event.

**Note: The information about the high-level events has been collected using available media sources.

French NAP was launched in 2010. Main objectives are:
1. Protecting women against violence and working to ensure respect for their fundamental rights;
2. Participation of women in managing conflict and post-conflict situations;
3. Raising awareness of respect for women’s rights in training programmes;
4. Developing political and diplomatic action.

The French NAP specifies France’s action towards fulfilling the goals of UNSCR 1325. It calls for inter-ministerial and inter-institutional coordination to fulfill these goals, and includes the plan for fulfilling general European goals concerning women, peace, and security.

The NAP does not include an allocated or an estimated budget. No indicators or actions are included that formulate strategies for fundraising, detail what level of funding is required for which specific activities, or what accountability mechanisms will ensure funding is raised and used in implementing the NAP.

Military Expenditure in 2013: $62,417,000,000
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The NAP does not include an allocated or an estimated budget. No indicators or actions are included that formulate strategies for fundraising, detail what level of funding is required for which specific activities, or what accountability mechanisms will ensure funding is raised and used in implementing the NAP.

Lower: 26.2%;

Upper: 22.5%.

Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 0.95.

Professional judges sitting in First instance Courts:
Women: Women: 3142,86;
Men: 1818,68.

Professional judges sitting in Second instance Courts:
Women: 908,22;
Men: 786,68.

Professional judges sitting in Supreme Courts:
Women: 153;
Men: 223.

Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 0.88.

Unemployment rate (percentage of female/male labour force):
Female: 10%;
Male: 9.8%.

Estimated earned income (PPP US$):
Female: 29,992;
Male: 40,000;
Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 0.75.

Legislators, senior officials, and managers (%):
Female: 39, Male: 61;
Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 0.65.

Professional and technical workers (%):
Female: 47, Male: 53;
Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 0.90.

The enrolment difference between males and females is provided below (The theoretical maximum value is 100%. Increasing trends are considered a reflection of improving coverage at the specified level of education):

Literacy rate (%):
Female: 99;
Male: 99;
Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 1.

Enrolment in primary education:
Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 1.01.

Enrolment in secondary education:
Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 1.02.

Enrolment in tertiary education:
Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 1.26.

While gender perspectives within the legal frameworks exist, they are not always fully effective, and discrimination (i.e.: gender, racial, and economic discrimination) can cause some groups to have disproportionate challenges equally accessing justice and utilising their rights.

Law on gender equality in the workplace has been adopted in 2014.

Sweeping gender equality law tackling stereotypes in the media, an improved protection from domestic violence, a reform on parental leave, and measures ensuring parity in politics (2014).

While legal frameworks exist, they are not always fully effective, and discrimination (i.e.: gender, racial, and economic discrimination) can cause some groups to have disproportionate challenges equally accessing justice and utilising their rights.

The government of France fully complies with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government revised its anti-trafficking law and continued to protect a large number of victims; however, the government’s efforts to combat labour trafficking were much weaker than those undertaken for sex trafficking. Robust cooperation with external law enforcement organisations continued as demonstrated by the breakup of numerous sex trafficking and forced begging networks. The government also increased cooperation with destination countries for child sex tourism by French nationals. Despite these efforts, the government continued to lack a national action plan and a national rapporteur position responsible for all trafficking-related statistics and in charge of evaluating data from other government agencies.

While specialised services to support victims/survivors of sexual violence exist, the service quality, resource provision, geographic availability, adequate service availability based on national demand, and the functionality of national mechanism are not fully effective. 

While veterans services for women veterans exist, the quality of service, outreach to engage female veterans in service access and utalisation, and the availability of gender-sensitive services at all locations are not fully effective.

Issues remain in unequal access and utilisation of services for women and men.

While specialised services to support victims/survivors of sexual violence exist, the service quality, resource provision, geographic availability, adequate service availability based on national demand, and the functionality of national mechanism are not fully effective. 

1 national helpline and 66 regional helplines specified to provide service for victims of domestic violence as well as for professionals working with women affected by violence.

52 women’s shelters providing specified services for women survivors of violence.
 

While specialised services to support victims/survivors of human trafficking exist, the service quality, resource provision, geographic availability, adequate service availability based on national demand, and the functionality of national mechanism are not fully effective. 

The government improved protection efforts by identifying an increased number of victims and providing funding to sex trafficking victims, but efforts to protect victims were inconsistent within different regions of France. The government has a formal procedure for identifying victims who were French citizens or legal residents. The government by law provides shelter and assistance to all victims of exploitation, regardless of their nationality or type of exploitation suffered. The government sponsored trainings for social workers and other government employees, including labour inspectors, on trafficking victim identification, as well as training for managers and employees of major hotel groups on suspicious activity they should report to police.

While a wide range of services and resources are made available to refugees, asylum seekers, and IDPs, these services are usually provided by local service providers, therefore making these services and resources less available in some geographic locations.

Total population of refugees, stateless persons, IDPs, and asylum-seekers: 309,414;

Gender/age breakdown of the total numbers of applicants in 2014: 34.66%.

Social security benefits provided:
- Healthcare;
- Sickness cash benefits;
- Maternity and paternity benefits;
- Invalidity benefits;
- Old-age pensions and benefits;
- Benefits in respect of accidents at work and occupational diseases;
- Family benefits;
- Unemployment benefits;
- Community integration.