Article 3 of the 1946 Constitution stipulates that “the law guarantees women equal rights to men in all areas.” And yet, reality shows the opposite: seventy percent of women have access to precarious jobs, 82% of them work part-time, etc. The Departmental Collective for Women’s Rights is responding to all these disparities.
They invite the people of Nice to gather at Place Masséna on March 8, 2010, at 6 p.m. The occasion will address two themes: sexuality, contraception, and abortion as well as women’s retirement. Their pensions remain 38% lower than those of men.
A century of history
On March 8, 1910, an international confederation of socialist women from all countries created International Women’s Day. The objective: to acquire the right to vote. Sixty-seven years later, in 1977, the United Nations adopted a resolution aimed at encouraging all countries to dedicate a day to the celebration of women’s rights. It was not until 1982 that the French socialist government made Women’s Day official. A year later, the Roudy law was born, aimed at establishing gender equality in the workplace. A text that remains utopian: women’s salaries remain 27% lower than those of men. Gender parity is still not a reality. Victor Hugo stated, “half of the human species is outside equality; we must bring it back: give the right of women as a counterbalance to the right of men.”
