Women 7, a coalition of feminist NGOs and associations involved in the G7, welcomes the announcement by the President of the Republic to create a €120 million fund to support organizations working for the rights of women and girls in developing countries. The President of the Republic also announced France's financial support for girls' education in the Sahel and France's hosting of the 25th anniversary of the Beijing World Conference on Women.
Women 7 will ensure that France fulfills these new commitments and genuinely involves feminist associations in all of its public policies.
In the context of France's G7 Presidency, Women 7 is now calling on France and all G7 countries to complement these one-off initiatives with a significant and sustainable increase in official development assistance for women's and girls' rights.
Notes to editors:
- The Women 7 (W7) engagement group brings together civil society organizations from G7 countries and developing countries working on women's and girls' rights. Its mission is to ensure that concrete commitments to gender equality are made throughout the G7 process.
- According to the most recent OECD figures from 2016, France only incorporated gender equality into 28% of its development aid, ranking second to last among G7 countries. Since 2013, France has set itself the goal of increasing this figure to 50% of its aid. The W7 calls on France to align itself with countries that have adopted a feminist approach to their development aid policy and to commit to the European standard of at least 85% of aid integrating gender equality as a primary or significant component.
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