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Women for Women France looks to promising practices and leading thinking on gender-based violence from within France and around the world, and aims to raise awareness, and offer practical recommendations and insights for policy makers, professionals, and individuals.

When perpetrators accuse victims of lying to ‘get immigration papers’

Seeking protection and asserting your rights after domestic abuse can be a difficult and exhausting process. For foreign-born women, it can also…

Comprehensive gender-based and sexual violence bill: Women for Women France’s position after the removal of Articles 62 and 63

Although this bill marks a historic widening of the gap between the rights of French and foreign-born victims in France, Women for Women France is…

MEDIA RELEASE Comprehensive gender-based and sexual violence law: foreign-born women in France at risk

Today, the French National Assembly opens debate on a historic comprehensive bill, or loi intégrale, against sexist and sexual violence.

MEDIA RELEASE - New comprehensive legislation bill on gender-based and sexual violence (VSS): WFWF publishes its report and recommendations to address the current exclusion of foreign-born women

As the French government prepares to present its comprehensive bill on gender-based and sexual violence (VSS), WFWF has published an analysis of the…

Women for Women France responds to political reactions and the proposed ‘comprehensive legal framework’ following the murder of Lyhanna

WFWF joins parents across France in calling on political leaders to fulfil the responsibility for which they were elected: undertake an urgent and…

Media Release: New Decree Reforming State Medical Aid (AME) Deprives Thousands of Victims of Violence of Access to Healthcare

The Lecornu government signed a new decree this Sunday, 8 February, restricting access to healthcare to individuals who are able to provide…

Statement in support of #NousToutes and victims in France

Statement from our CEO about Brigitte Marcon's behaviour while supporting Ary Abittan

Update on the proposed reforms to state medical aid (AME) and their impacts on women

Following the various alerts we have issued, Women for Women France is providing an update on the proposed reforms to State Medical Aid (AME) and…

ALERT: Excluding women from State Medical Aid because they lack photo identification is to prolong the violence they endure

A measure retained by the new government raises serious concern: the requirement to present photo identification in order to access State Medical Aid…

Media Release: A series of misinterpretations of French law concerning The State Medical Aid Scheme (AME) that placed 100,000 women at risk, the correction brought by the Senate rapporteur, and the responsibility of the new government to rectify the error

A chain of legal errors and the correction made by Senator Delahaye. "We welcome Senator Delahaye’s decision to oppose the inclusion of spousal income…

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