Mix-Cité is a mixed movement for
gender equality
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and of
sexualities
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, founded in 1997. It is a
feminist
Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideology, ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social gender equality, equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that modern soci ...
, antisexist and universalist association for reflection and action in public, in media, and in institutions. It is a
Voluntary association
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.
Created in 1997 in
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
, the Mix-Cité movement is currently active in Paris and in many other cities such as
Toulouse
Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
,
Orléans
Orléans (,["Orleans"](_blank)
(US) and [Rennes
Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of F ...]
and
Nantes
Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...
. These associations meet once a year for "Inter-Mix-Cité", which allows them to exchange their analyses and to take stock of their actions and causes to promote.
Put into the spotlight by their activities at
Galeries Lafayette
Galeries Lafayette () is an upmarket French department store chain, the biggest in Europe. Its flagship store is on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris but it now operates a number of locations in France and other countries ...
and their living mannequins, the movement also participates in different protests such as
,
International Women's Day
International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8 March, commemorating women's fight for equality and liberation along with the women's rights movement. International Women's Day gives focus to issues such as gender equality, reproductive righ ...
,
International Workers' Day
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, the
International Day Against Homophobia, as well as
LGBT
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Pride parades
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.
It also participates, especially during the Christmas season, in a campaign against sexist toys, with the Collectif Contre le Publisexism
and the Panthères Rose
This campaign began in 2002 with different methods of activism: occupations of toy stores and actions within the store departments and among the customers, invisible theatre, songs and performances in the street in front of the stores, distribution of "counter catalogues" for toys, public debates and calls to phone-in radio shows, and interventions with children. In 2009 Mix-Cité organized a letter-writing campaign to influence HALDE (Haut Autorité de Lutte contre les Discriminations et pour l'Égalité),
asking it to advise against displaying sexist toys on the shelves of department stores and promote the display by age.
Notable people
*
Clémentine Autain
Clémentine Autain (; born 26 May 1973) is a French politician and journalist who has represented Seine-Saint-Denis's 11th constituency in the National Assembly since the 2017 French legislative election. Autain is the daughter of singer Yvan ...
*
Rokhaya Diallo
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Juliette Rennes
References
External links
Mix-Cité ParisMix-Cité RennesMix-Cité ToulouseMix-Cité Nantes
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Feminism in France