Le genre masculin n'est pas neutre

Abstract

Feminisation of the paid workforce and constant increase in female presence on the labour market originated institutions destined to examine specific problems created by female paid work and to facilitate this activity. These periods can be distinguished in the progressive set-up of these institutions. They correspond to thresholds reached in the evolution of these structures, and the responsibility taken on the issue according to the period under study. The 1970-1980 period contributed to a slow, but progressive evolution of institutions, for example through a Study and Liaison Group changing into a sub-Ministry. The 1981-1986 period is marked by strong institutionalisation, and the creation of a Women’s Rights Ministry aiming at granting rights to women as full individuals, particularly in terms of professional equality with men. The 1988-1995 period corresponds to the disappearance of a political lead on the subject of women, institutionally translated into the move from a full Ministry to a sub-Ministry to a service of the Ministry of Labour, i.e. an administrative structure that has no decisional power, nor capacity to take initiatives.

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