The signatories of the #AlertesFéministes coalition—including Equipop—call on everyone to take action against the dangers of the far right. To preserve democracy, which is already under severe strain, and to protect our hard-won rights and social gains, for the dignity of all, we will sound feminist alarms throughout France on June 23 to call for a united front against the far right on June 30 and July 7 and to vote en masse for a future that allows for the emancipation and freedom of all.
The appeal can be found on the website alertesfeministes.org.
Following the irresponsible dissolution of the National Assembly, the possibility of the far right coming to power is now very real. We know that its primary obsession is to destroy the rights and freedoms of a huge section of the population: women, people of color, people with disabilities, trans and LGBTQIA+ people, migrants, girls, and children. We also know that it will attack the entire social movement head-on. We know that the far right in power would spell the end of a certain conception of democracy, the rule of law, and many freedoms, which have already been severely curtailed in recent years.
On June 23, we will sound the feminist alarm bells.
Because we know that our rights are never guaranteed forever. The right to vote, the right to freely express one's sexuality, the right to contraception and abortion, the right to work, children's rights, the right to education for all, the right to gender transition, the right to be protected from violence and discrimination, the right to be recognized as a victim of rape and other gender-based and sexual violence, the right to a bank account, the right to equal pay for work of equal value, at least in law, even if this is still far from being a reality... gender parity: we owe these advances to the struggles of our elders, our mothers, our grandmothers, and their allies. In many parts of the world, these fundamental rights have been attacked and sometimes suppressed by far-right governments, such as the National Rally, in favor of deadly political projects. In Italy, Giorgia Meloni's far right has attacked the RSA, the right to abortion, and the right to assisted reproduction for lesbian couples. In Spain, the far right Vox party denies the very existence of violence against women and gender minorities. Since 2020, abortion has been banned in Poland, even in cases of fetal malformation. In France, the National Rally has already planned to cut funding for family planning services. These far-right ideas have even inspired several harmful reforms in France in recent years, with particularly serious consequences for women and all minorities (immigration law, pension reform, unemployment insurance, etc.). These freedom-destroying and anti-social reforms have paved the way for the far right, accentuating the despair and suffering of an entire population. It is therefore essential that everyone mobilize all those around them who are likely to go to the polls on June 30 and July 7, and to join in mobilization events, such as the union demonstrations that will take place this Saturday, June 15, or the Pride marches throughout the month of June. We also call on politicians not to nominate men who have been accused or convicted of sexist and sexual violence. #MeTooPolitique, it's time to take action! Support the victims who have had the courage to speak out or file complaints, often against powerful politicians. To preserve democracy, which is already under severe strain, and to protect our hard-won rights and social gains, for the dignity of all, we will sound feminist alarms throughout France on June 23 to call for a united front against the far right on June 30 and July 7 and to vote en masse for a future that allows for the emancipation and freedom of all.
The signatories:
National Collective for Women's Rights – National Federation of CIDFFs – National Federation Solidarité Femmes – Fondation des Femmes – #NousToutes – Le Planning Familial – Coudes à coudes – Encore féministes ! – Association home – LOBA – A Women’s Art Association Planning Familial 43 – Femmes solidaires de la Drôme – Collective of Single Mothers from the Antilles and Elsewhere – Francophone Association of Autistic Women – Humanity Diaspo – Pépite Sexiste – AU TAMBOUR ! – Women with...WOMEN'S POWER – Women Sports Journalists – Collectif Enfantiste – Elle’ IMAGINE’nt -Women Without Borders -AFRICA 93 – Premier Pas -ASTREA – Women Artists Network – Solidarité Femmes Guadeloupe – JUMP for Equality – Centrale Supelec au Féminin – OFAD – CEVIF – ENSEMBLE EN STAGE – BeBraveFrance – MeTooMedia – Georgette Sand – FIT une femme un toit – Gender and statistics – RAJA-Danièle Marcovici Foundation -Femmes du Monde et Réciproquement (FMR) – Observatory of Sexist and Sexual Violence in Higher Education – Le Palais des Louves – Regional Federation of CIDFFs of PACA – CIDFF Vaucluse – Amicale du Nid – CIDFF DU LUNEVILLOIS – Quartiers du Monde – Elle Caetera – Alliance of Women for Democracy – Femmes solidaires nationale – Eclosion13 – Family Planning 77 – HandsAway – Family Planning 14 – Flora Tristan Center – FEMMES DE LA TERRE – Collectif 50/50 – AAFA- Actrices & Acteurs de France Associés-Social Builder – Paris Women's and Family Rights Information Center- DANS LE GENRE EGALES – Regional Federation of Women's and Family Rights Information Centers in Ile-de-France – Femmes des Territoires – CIDFF de l'Hérault – Association Femmes Sourdes Citoyennes et Solidaires – Ensemble contre le sexisme – CLEF – CIDFF16 – SOS Femmes Vendée – MOUVEMENT DU NID – Equipop – Filactions – L’Escale – Solidarité Femmes – Association SOS Violences Conjugales – Association La Mêlée – Règles Elémentaires – Parents & Féministes – Du côté des femmes de Haute Garonne – AATDS – Association En Parler – Droit Pluriel Sciences-Po au Féminin – Interregional Federation of the HF+ Movement – Family Planning – ADSF Association – CIDFF PHOCEEN – National Association of Feminist Studies – French Association of Feminism – Let's Talk About Excision! – La Grenade – CIDFF 79 – Héro•ïnes 95 – COLLECTIF 13 DROITS DES FEMMES – Stop aux Violences Obstétricales et Gynécologiques France – Les Aliennes – Filactions – Sexprimons-Nous – Mauvais Genre – Union des Féministes d’Assas – Les premières de Guadeloupe – Prix Alice Guy – HAFB – Embrase Le Monde – CIDFF 06 – Derrière Le Rideau – Gynécologie Sans Frontières – Planning Familial 22 – Les Pétrolettes – Association Faire Face – Cherchez la femme – Stop Harcèlement de rue -Solidarité Femmes 67 – Femmes solidaires 93 – Empow’Her – 1001 lesbiennes et queer – Osez le Féminisme ! – ARCAF- Association for Self-Defense and Resources for Women's Choice and Autonomy CIDFF Gironde – La Petite – Regional Union Solidarity Women Ile de France – HEC for Women- PEPS – The observatory of sexist and sexual violence in politics – My voice my choice – Full speed ahead(s) – CGT – CFDT – FSU – FAGE – Student Union -Avaaz – France terre d'asile – Oxfam France – le mouvement – FAS – Halle aux grains – Scène nationale – ANESF: National Association of Student Midwives – Fondation Copernic
