Comité interministériel à l'égalité entre les femmes et les hommes
Interministerial Committee for Gender Equality
Funding body
No specific funding attached
Aims and objectives
Formerly a Committee for Woman's Rights (1982-2000), it has been (re)established by a decree of the PM on the 30th of September, 2012. It comprises of all Ministers and is aimed to adopt measures relevant to the promotion of women's rights in all policy areas. It shall adopt a transversal action plan to tackle gender inequalities in every policy field, as well as action plan(s) against Gender Based Violence.
Results and impact
The first inter-ministerial committee for Women's Rights and Gender Equality held in November 2012, had 3 main results:
1) The adoption of a set of priorities constituting an inter-ministerial action plan (Plan d'Action Interministériel, PAI consisting in:
a) Fighting stereotypes
b) Strengthening GE in the work place and improving work-life conciliation
c) Making GE core to health policies
d) Fighting Gender-Based Violence
2) The submission, in November 2012, of detailed roadmaps for GE for each Ministry
3) The adoption of the first GE action plan by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research (January, 2013).
Creator/owner/responsible institution
Prime Minister services; Women's Rights and Gender Equality Service (SDFE) attached to the General Directorate for Social Inclusion (DGCS), Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Contact: DGCS-SDFE-SECR-CHEF@social.gouv.fr
Contents/activities/services
The first Committee has been gathered in November, 2012, with view to strengthen coordination between Ministries and to enhance the accountability of Ministers towards the objectives defined by the Prime Minister and the Women's Rights Minister in the field of Gender equality. The emphasis was notably placed on the obligation made to ministries, to submit a roadmap on GE, as an orientation document upon which full gender equality plans should be elaborated in 2013. This committee also provided the opportunity to define a set of priorities articulated as an Inter-ministerial Action Plan (PAI) and the monitoring process to be implemented for GE policies to be developped by each Ministry
Additional information
Periodicity: To be held at least twice a year
Evaluation: No evaluation