The magazine Current wife publishes in a special report, after an eight-month investigation, the 2024 list of cities in France where life is good for women. Ironically, it is the European capital of human rights, Strasbourg, which tops the ranking, followed by Rennes and Bordeaux, while Perpignan brings up the rear in fiftieth place… Strasbourg which, it should be noted , is the only large city in France to have had three female mayors since 1989…
A ranking of Current wife based on a broad spectrum of 21 indicators to which a weighting coefficient was applied, according to the importance given by the editorial staff of the women’s magazine. Indicators divided into four main chapters: the provision of specific care, security, the living environment and the action of municipal authorities.
Health, safety, transport, housing…
For each, Current wife has brought together the most relevant, available, reliable and comparable indicators for all the competing cities. More precisely, this ranking is based on figures for health, public transport, delinquency, housing, early childhood, pollution or, more elusive, precise Current wife, good and strong political will.
A ranking that the (ecologist) mayor of Strasbourg, Jeanne Barseghian, was quick to comment on in a press release in which she is delighted with this recognition for this “resolutely feminist” city. The mayor highlights in passing “everything that is undertaken to promote equality between women and men”, the “advances in urban planning and gender-sensitive budgeting”, as well as the approach of the executive. Strasbourg which “combines ecological and feminist issues”.
Soon in the law?
A satisfaction which calls for another, that of national envy. “It is time to move up a gear at the national level with the inclusion in law of the innovations tested in Strasbourg, including gender-sensitive budgeting, the green ordinance and menstrual leave! », declares Jeanne Barseghian.
A joy which, however, is tempered by municipal opposition councilor Pierre Jakubowicz (Centrists & Progressives). The latter takes the opportunity to point out that the widespread switching off of public lighting at night would create insecurity in the city and in particular for women.
He also regrets the consequences of the new parking policy or even a sort of lax security which would lead to “the regression of women’s rights and freedoms in certain sectors of the city where women suffer street harassment, threats and attacks”. A feeling of insecurity in Strasbourg which, on the contrary, does not point out, Current wife in its ranking of the five least safe cities for women in France…