Nantes wants to be France’s first ‘non-sexist’ city

While progress has been made on equality for women, there is still much work to do, says Nantes Mayor Johanna Rolland.

She said the European Union's ratification of the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence was a “great step forward”, but highlighted other ongoing challenges.

“Beyond the issues of the persisting 13 percent gender pay gap as well as the 29 percent gender pension gap in Europe, we are seeing a backlash against women’s rights and equality in Europe and worldwide,” Rolland told Cities Today.

Nantes has set the goal of becoming “the first non-sexist city in France by 2030”.

Rolland is a member of the Eurocities E...