Left-wing primary: a feminist observatory questions the five candidates about their platforms
As the left-wing primary approaches, a feminist observatory sent a questionnaire to the five candidates to assess the place of women’s rights in their platforms and their sensitivity to these issues. Women’s health, gender-based and sexual violence, and the « cost of masculinity » are among the themes highlighted. However, the available information does not detail the candidates’ responses.
A questionnaire on feminist commitments
The observatory was launched in the summer of 2025 by Gabrielle Siry-Houari, a Socialist elected official, and Marie-Noëlle Bas, an activist. After an initial initiative during the municipal elections in Paris, it is now focusing on the left-wing primary. Its questionnaire aims to examine both the candidates’ proposals and the place given to feminism within their teams.
Gabrielle Siry-Houari explains that the goal is to en the issue is not relegated to the primary debate. The five candidates’ responses are not included in the information available here; therefore, no ranking or comparison of their proposals can be drawn from it.
Only one woman among the five candidates
Another point noted in the content published on September 23, 2026: Ségolène Royal, aged 73, is the only woman in the running. Paris councilor Gabrielle Siry-Houari believes this underrepresentation constitutes a collective failure and deplores the situation on the left.
The available information thus establishes the approach of the observatory and the observation on the composition of the primary, but does not allow us to specify the individual commitments of the candidates on women’s health or sexist and sexual violence.
Source: Le Nouvel Obs – Women’s Rights (www.nouvelobs.com)
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Author: Richard Godin
