Anne Hidalgo became the first female mayor of Paris when she took office in 2014.
The Civil Service Ministry fined Paris City Hall for breaching a law requiring a minimum of 40 percent of appointments for each gender. share this article
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo denounced a fine against City Hall for appointing too many women to top positions as “unfair” and “absurd” during a meeting of the city council on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported.
The Civil Service Ministry fined Paris City Hall 90,000 euros (US$109,408) for having 11 women and 5 men in top city hall positions in 2018, a breach of a law aimed at ensuring gender balance.
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The city of Paris has been fined 90,000 euros for an unusual infraction: It appointed too many women to senior positions in the government.
In 2018, 11 women and five men became senior officials. That meant 69% of the appointments were women in violation of a rule that dictated at least 40% of government positions should go to people of each gender.
In remarks on Tuesday to the capital s governing body, Mayor Anne Hidalgo said she would deliver the check to the Ministry of Public Service herself along with the women in her government. So there will be many of us, she said.
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City Of Paris Is Fined 90,000 Euros For Naming Too Many Women To Senior Positions
By Laurel Wamsley
December 15, 2020
The city of Paris has been fined 90,000 euros for an unusual infraction: It appointed too many women to senior positions in the government.
In 2018, 11 women and five men became senior officials. That meant 69% of the appointments were women in violation of a rule that dictated at least 40% of government positions should go to people of each gender.
In remarks on Tuesday to the capital’s governing body, Mayor Anne Hidalgo said she would deliver the check to the Ministry of Public Service herself along with the women in her government.