"mad cow", "crazy", how can a country fully progress something that she is also been the movement may not have welcome to bbc news. the anti—corru ption candidate towards gender equality had a structural effect i'm reged ahmad. "stupid", "uterus on legs", when its own leaders hearing in focus groups. on french society yet, our top stories: zuzana chaputova has won behave this way? but hearing this, it seems "who is going to look i'm wondering if the new generation it is impacting women the anti—corru ption candidate, the presidential election zuzana chaputova, wins in slovakia, making her the country's first after the kids?" of politicians will be different. at an individual level. the presidential election that is la gauloiserie for you. i've travelled to bordeaux in slovakia, making her female head of state. in the south—west of france to meet the country's first ms chaputova defeated three young women from a feminist a high—profile diplomat, segolene royal — mp, association at a prestigious female head of state. maros sebjovich, from re—elected four times, political science school. the governing party. it's slovakia's first major poll regional president, minister three palestinians in gaza hold a day since the murder of an investigative times and candidate for the presidential elections of protests to mark the first journalist which plunged the country anniversary of weekly demonstrations into political crisis a year ago. in 2007 knows it well. on the boundary with israel. health officials in gaza say four palestinians have died she never publicly spoke out this campaign is called women of history. during protests to mark the first we named all the rooms. about what she was going it's about women who have been anniversary of the weekly deleted from history demonstrations along through during her career, although they were really important. the border with israel. but last october she did. we have scientists, tens of thousands of people attended in her book, what i can finally tell rallies organised by the militant you, she reveals the tactics used group hamas, throwing stones by her male colleagues to undermine her as a woman the first national meeting and petrol bombs at israeli forces. during her campaign. of the #noustoutes organisation. the british prime minister, politicians, artists. theresa may, has been looking on 24th november 2018, for ways to bring her eu withdrawal 60,000 women gathered all over france to demonstrate against gender agreement back to parliament hello and welcome. violence — one of the largest after it was defeated women's march is in french history. for a third time on friday. did you have a good feedback? mps, meanwhile, will test support well, some of them said for other options during a second it was a really good idea, —— hello and welcome. round of so—called but some of them said it was too much, too much women, with a more inclusive name, "indicative votes" on monday. too many rooms, too long. also some people said the movement intends to provide both that our communication on it was not really good, men and women with the necessary tools and knowledge it was not feminist enough, staying with brexit: but it was men who said that, to tackle gender violence. our political correspondent alex forsyth has this latest so it was kind of funny.

in school in 2019, is it hard to be a feminist? when we began, we didn't think it would be that hard, update from westminster. people would be that angry at feminists, but actually they are all the time about anything, so yeah, it's kind of a fight every day. the debate on #metoo well, we know that on monday mps in france was about, "0h, we are not going to be able will look at this whole range to seduce each other any more", but that's not question. there's a difference of alternatives to the deal. between seduction and violence. and stop saying to women that they have to do that in order not to be raped, to do that and this and stuff. but trying to and beginning to tell men not to rape girls, maybe. a law has been passed on street harassment and i personally don't think it is a good way of doing it after speaking with so many because, i mean, it'sjust some women across the country, i'm left with mixed feelings. part of the iceberg, the prime minister is under pressure there is such a big part but perhaps, because i am of harassment that we don't see on the streets. an optimist, this is from a number of conservative mps to it's not going to be efficient. walk away, to leave without any deal what i would like to remember. at all and labour is pressing for a the true thing to do general election to break the for me is education, the ears started to listen better. impasse. at least one minister today not punishing people. has warned against the prospect with all these options on the table and many rapes on campus, no use route out of it, the the only answer was, like, stay in a group when you go back government really only has two weeks and will it is due to leave the eu home and don't put yourself for sure, men need to be part of it, in a dangerous situation. and so many are walking

on april 12 to make these crucial some of these things happened in full day time, along side already. decisions. so you might as well be in a group now on bbc news, the #metoo movement or not drunk or rowing a boat, i think that there is spread around the world in 2016 — it is still going to happen. a before and after #metoo. but in france it proved very controversial. the very fact that i have made this helene daoupha rs reports speaking to these girls gave me hope, but only two days later, documentary is the proof of it. on the resistance french women i heard their exhibition had still face when they speak up been vandalised twice. women around the world are so has the #metoo movement really about sexual harassment. failed in france or has on the move and a change is coming. you may find some of the topics it changed anything? shown disturbing. maybe the french will do it differently to the brits, france, the country of love, brazilians, indians or nigerians, romance and la vie en rose. but a sense of empowerment has been where relations between men across town, i meetjohanna daghorn, unleashed and it will be and women are sweet, like in the movies. a sociologist whose work focuses sorry to disappoint you, on women's behaviour in urban areas. but i will have to kill the myth. she has been conducting some france is where street research to find out whether #metoo harassment is fierce. had an impact on street harassment. it has always been about domination very hard to stop it. because if you say no, you can get punched. being a feminist is controversial. when we began, we did not think it would be that hard and people would be that antifeminist, but actually, they are. hello again. being sexually harassed is common. we've got quite a change women politicians in our weather compared with yesterday, when temperatures reach 20 celsius in kew in greater london. struggle with sexism. the wind of change is blowing,

and that is going to be blowing cooler air across england and the government focuses wales, such that temperatures will drop by about nine degrees in the capital, highs of 11 degrees or so. on other issues. on this journey back home, the change is brought i question my own culture, about by this area of cloud, my own people and myself. this cold front that continues i want to understand what has to journey southwards, influenced our response still bringing the threat of perhaps to the #metoo movement and how some a little bit of patchy rain over are resisting change. the next few hours across wales, why am i doing this documentary? the midlands, east anglia, and into south—east england. further north, if you are heading outside, where there is certainly a chill in the air i'm french and i have been living with a widespread frost in london for a while now. developing in the countryside, particularly in scotland, i guess sometimes it is only where we are looking at temperatures getting down to about “11 degrees celsius. when you leave that you can if you are heading out the next two hours also wrap up warm, it will be cold. see things differently. plenty of sunshine across northern areas of the uk, through scotland, but what if i told you that northern ireland and northern england. everything you think you know that is probably where the best about france isn't quite true? of the weather will be. would you believe me? across wales, the midlands, i'm not here to betray my country, east anglia and southern counties of england, more cloud than we had but i'm a woman and, on saturday and a chill like many others, i have been easterly wind as well, harassed and i have witnessed temperatures of 11 celsius the #metoo movement unfold in london compared to

the 20 we had yesterday. in france and beyond. you will notice that and, unlike many, i am lucky change for sure. to have the voice and to tell looking at the weather picture through sunday evening stories for a living, and overnight, the skies will tend to clear, and the wind will fall. so let me tell you take you on this journey where i try to find out a recipe for things turning cold once again. the roots of sexism in france. patchy frost developing in the countryside, so a chilly start to and even if you are not french, the new working week. some of it might sound familiar. on monday, a lot of dry weather to come across england, in 2018, marie laguerre wales and eastern areas of scotland. was was cat—called by a man who passed her on the street. there will be some change because she answered back, in the weather to the north—west he turned around and started where cloud will thicken, outbreaks of to verbally abuse her. rain moving into northern ireland and western scotland and turning progressively heavier as we go through the day, but she wouldn't back off and this cold enough even for some snow over is what happened next. the hills in scotland. moving southwards, the wind i decided to put it online coming up from the south, 13 or 1a celsius, probably not feeling too bad. because it was solid proof but things get colder as we had to tuesday, of what happened to me a cold front swinging eastwards across the uk, and of what happens to every woman. taking a band of rain it was also solid proof that what us with it and introducing bitterly cold north—westerly winds. women have been saying, that we are sick of the guy the rain will clear to a mixture of sunshine and showers on tuesday, who harasses us in the street the showers could be heavy,

thundery and potentially wintry. we could see some snow and some people say, "oh, across some of the hills, we can't hit on women any more". particularly in the north this is proof that it has never been and west of the uk. about hitting on someone, flirting. and it will be cold, it has always been about domination just 6 degrees celsius for the north because if you say no, of scotland, factoring in the wind you can get punched. it will feel like quite a cold marie laguerre‘s video got millions april day. of views on youtube and soon she got all the media attention. just a reminder, if you haven't despite the video, many already done so, the clocks go people didn't believe her. forward to british i started getting hate messages. "he should have killed you". summer time on sunday. "if i see you, i will break your jaw". "i will rape you". i cannot count how many messages i received off people questioning my whole story. typical women stereotypes — everything we do, we do it for attention, we have nothing to say. some criticised marie for how she was dressed, implying she was too provocative. not so surprising, either. we french women pay attention to what we wear, but not necessarily because we are fashion victims, but because we know we will be judged for how we look and, potentially, become targets for harassment.

the main place women worry about this is the street and public transport. a study for the high council for women's equality in 2015 revealed that 100% of women using public transport in paris have at least once in their lives been victims of sexual harassment or sexist comments. young women are particularly affected. in more than 50% of the cases, aggressions happen before they are 18. another woman who knows about insults is sandra muller, a french journalist based in new york. she was one of the first to invite women to denounce sexual harassment by sharing their stories on twitter in french.

the hastag #balancetonporc got a lot of traction in france and became known as the french version of #metoo. however, speaking out had consequences. sandra had named her harasser in her tweet. sandra was then attacked personally, with a deluge of hate messages.

actress catherine deneuve is one of 100 well—known french women who have signed an open letter defending the right of men to make sexual advances. in this open letter, which was published in the french magazine le monde, miss deneuve and the other writers have warned of a new puritanism... and when that happened, the movement that seemed to bring together women around the world, took a different tone and became debateable in france. anne—elisabeth moutet, a french journalist, signed the open letter. what we do condone is the way people find themselves subjected to a kind of one minute hate multiplied ad infinitum on social media. they lose their jobs, they lose their livelihoods. there is no due process or legal process in any way and the sentences are harsher than anything that a court would think up. the open letter shocked the world and fragmented the debate in france. a few days later, brigitte lahaie,

and ex—porn star turned radio presenter, said in a tv debate that it is possible to physically enjoy rape. after that, signatories of the open letter turned against her. catherine deneuve has apologised to victims of sexual assault who were offended by a letter that she co—signed. .. while the movement was impacting french society with many women and men supporting the liberation of women's voice... ..french media took hold of the debate and instead focused its attention on the condemning aspect of the hashtag. some men also got involved in this conversation and felt threatened about what they saw as a witchhunt. so how did it go so wrong? what is it lost in translation? was the tone wrong? but what about simone de beauvoir? back in the 1940s, her bestselling

book, the second sex became a reference book forfeminists around the world. it seemed hard to believe that in the country of simone de beauvoir, the french philosopher who shocked the world with her revolutionary gender theories, things had got so bad. i'm looking at the roots of sexism in france. i admit, so far, i'm confused and i need some help, so i'm going to meet experts on the matter. first stop, michelle perrot, the french voice of authority when it comes to women's history.