Pay inequalities between women and men persist. Data from Eurostat shows that women’s pay across Europe was on average 12.7% lower than men’s. In France, this difference amounted to 22% in 2021, according to the Observatoire des Inégalités.

It is in this context that on 8 March, International Women’s Day, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne presented the 2023-2027 inter-ministerial plan for equality.

This included several measures, such as: