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Women in the yellow vests movement
Part of the Yellow vests movement
A woman in unicorn costumes, during "Act IX" of gilets jaunes protest in Bordeaux
Date
17 November 2018 – present (general marches)
6 November 2018 – present (women in leadership)
6 January 2019 – present (women's marches)
Location
France
Caused by
Austerity measures
Fuel tax increases
social injustice
Goals
Equal pay between men and women[1]
a retirement point that does not penalize women for leaving the workforce to have children[1]
increase in the number places in emergency accommodation[1]
lowering the rate of violence against women[1]
Methods
Protests
civil disobedience
barricades
blocking traffic
Status
Ongoing
Concessions
None specifically for men or women
Parties
Gilets jaunes
Government
National Police
CRS
National Gendarmerie
Rural Guards
Lead figures
Non-centralised leadership but several prominent spokespeople;
Ingrid Levavasseur
Jacline Mouraud
Laëtitia Dewalle
Marine Charrette-Labadie
Priscillia Ludosky
Karen, a 42-year-old from Marseille
Emmanuel Macron President of France
Number
several hundred protesters (peak, women's marches)
Women have been involved in the yellow vests movement since its inception. This is a result of women on the whole being more affected by poverty in France than their male counterparts, in part because many are heads-of-household and need to take time off from paid employment to give birth to children. Their role is greater than most past social movements in France because of the economically precarious position that many women in the country find themselves in.
Two women played critical roles in starting the movement. Priscillia Ludosky was one of the first people involved, after launching it inadvertently on 29 May 2018 by posting an online petition about the need for lower taxes, reducing salaries and pensions of public officials and creating an implementation of the citizens' initiative referendum. After she had heavily promoting it in September, it began to really gain traction in October 2018. Jacline Mouraud played another critical role that month in creating the movement, when she posted a Facebook video that went viral about France's proposed eco-tax to which she was opposed.
Act I saw women like Laëtitia Dewalle and Marine Charrette-Labadie organize local marches. Both would become key local spokespeople for their regions. Act II saw continued involvement of women, along with gender specific violence targeting women of color who were stuck in traffic as a result of the protests. An 80-year-old woman was killed in Marseille during Act III. During the same time period, research was published that said poor working women in France as a percentage of the population grew by around 2% from two years prior. Act IV saw the creation of a Facebook group "Femmes gilets jaunes" by Karen, a 42-year-old from Marseille. It also saw President Emmanuel Macron mention the presence of women in yellow vest protests, though he failed to address any specific needs of poor women. Act VI saw Eric Drouet arrested and key female figures in the movement condemn his arrest. It also saw an anti-Semitic act committed by men on the Paris metro against a female Holocaust survivor. Act VII saw the first of the yellow vest women's march taking place on 6 January, the Sunday after the main events of the Act. Act X saw social justice around women's needs begin to feature as an issue that needed to be addressed. Act XII saw women presenting female specific demands for the first time.
The yellow vest movement has birthed several political parties, two of which are being led by women. Citizen-Led Rally was created in January 2019 by Ingrid Levavasseur to try to effect political change. The Risen was founded by Jacline Mouraud with the intention of running candidates in France's local elections in 2020, sitting out the 2019 European Parliament elections. It was positioning itself as neither left wing, nor right wing.
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