Gender equality : les propositions des candidats à la présidentielle 2027

In 2024, for the same working time, women employees in the private sector earned on average 14% less than men, and 3.6% less in comparable positions, according to Insee. Candidates differ on violence against women, abortion (IVG), menstrual leave and parity.

Marine Le Pen

The programme published by the RN contains no measure on gender equality.

No detailed position published at this stage.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon

LFI proposes a comprehensive law against sexism and for parity in all institutions.

Impose parity in political, administrative, economic, trade union and associative institutions.
Adopt a law against sexism and violence, endowed with €2.6 billion.
Enshrine abortion and contraception in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, with free access.
Make menstrual products free and abolish prostitution.

Édouard Philippe

Édouard Philippe has not published a measure on gender equality; his group backed enshrining abortion in the Constitution.

The Horizons group mostly voted to enshrine abortion in the Constitution.
No other detailed position published so far.

Raphaël Glucksmann

Raphaël Glucksmann wants a €1 billion plan against violence and a definition of rape based on consent.

Launch a plan against sexist and sexual violence endowed with €1 billion.
Write into law that any non-consensual sexual penetration is rape.
Guarantee the effective exercise of abortion rights and enshrine them in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Make gender pay gaps transparent.

David Lisnard

David Lisnard has not published a measure on gender equality.

No detailed position published at this stage.

Bruno Retailleau

Bruno Retailleau opposed enshrining abortion in the Constitution and menstrual leave.

Opposed to enshrining abortion in the Constitution: « not a catalogue of societal rights » (2024).
Opposed to creating an enforceable right to abortion.
The LR group in the Senate, which he chaired, rejected menstrual leave in February 2024.

Gabriel Attal

Gabriel Attal makes sexual and sexist violence his priority on women's rights.

Adopt a framework law against sexual and sexist violence.
Introduce a rolling statute of limitations for adult victims.
Create more emergency shelter places for victims.

Éric Zemmour

Éric Zemmour does not want to roll back the Veil law but opposes any extension of the right to abortion.

Not to roll back the Veil law: « Abortion is a right ».
Opposed to extending the legal abortion limit from 12 to 14 weeks (2021).
Opposed to enshrining abortion in the Constitution (2024).

Marine Tondelier

The ecologist programme of July 2026 focuses on sexual and reproductive health.

Guarantee equal access, free provision and effective enforcement of the right to contraception.
Create a sexual and reproductive health leave in companies and administrations.
Support easier and broader access to abortion.

Fabien Roussel

Fabien Roussel supports the right to abortion and menstrual leave, without a detailed 2027 programme on equality.

Enshrine abortion in the Constitution as a fundamental right (2022 programme).
Voted to enshrine abortion in the Constitution in March 2024.
Create menstrual leave in companies and administrations (NFP 2024 programme).

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan

Debout la France proposes local emergency shelter for women victims of violence.

Create one emergency shelter per intercommunality for women victims of violence.
Categorically reject surrogacy (GPA).

Dominique de Villepin

Dominique de Villepin has not published a measure on gender equality; he proposes Assises de la Famille.

No detailed position published at this stage.

Nathalie Arthaud

Lutte ouvrière links gender equality to the fight against exploitation.

Demand equal pay: « À travail égal, salaire égal » (8 March 2026).
Call for resources for abortion and health services (8 March 2026).
Denounce violence against women and the precarity of women workers (8 March 2026).

Karim Bouamrane

Karim Bouamrane has published a measure on violence against women.

Make protection of children and women victims of violence a national priority.
No other detailed position published so far.

François Hollande

No detailed position published at this stage.

Natacha Polony

No detailed position published at this stage.

Gender equality : les propositions des candidats à la présidentielle 2027

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