Female ministers decry sexual harassment

Seventeen women who have served as ministers in France say they will no longer be silent about sexual harassment in politics. All 17 signatories to the declaration are current or former ministers. Among them is Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund and France’s former finance minister. Last week, the deputy speaker of […]

Seventeen women who have served as ministers in France say they will no longer be silent about sexual harassment in politics.
All 17 signatories to the declaration are current or former ministers.
Among them is Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund and France’s former finance minister.
Last week, the deputy speaker of the National Assembly, Denis Baupin, resigned over harassment claims, which he denies.
In the declaration, the women call for a toughening of the law against sexual harassment, as well as specialist desks set up in police stations to deal with such complaints.