Poor funding and weak measures 'bury' gender equality in France warns Oxfam

France isn't delivering on the equality part of its national motto where gender is concerned. Women working in the private sector in France still earn 23.5 percent less than their male counterparts, Oxfam highlights. AFP - BORIS HORVAT

President Emmanuel Macron's promise of greater gender equality has been "buried" due to insufficient budgets and weak measures, NGO Oxfam France has warned, just days before International Women's Day.

President Macron made the fight for gender equality and against violence against women "a national priority" when he came into office in 2017. But ambitions have been "buried" the French branch of anti-poverty charity Oxfam said on Monday.