Gender Policy

The Médecins du Monde France Gender Policy was drafted between September 2019 and April 2020. The process of reflection and drafting of the document followed a participatory methodology that involved the highest possible number of stakeholders within the association. In February 2019, a document describing the procedure was submitted and it was validated by the board. In May 2019, two workshops were held during the Missions Conference (JDM). These work sessions made it possible to present the procedure to stakeholders in the field from France and abroad and to take note of their ideas and expectations in relation to this framework policy. In September 2019, a joint work group made up of male and female representatives of the various departments from headquarters, France and international missions, the works council and the Gender Officer on the Board of Directors, was set up to draft the policy. This group was coordinated by the Gender Officer, Olga Bautista Cosa. The different geopolitical and thematic groups, the office and the Works Council were also consulted during the process and their points of view were taken into accounting in the drafting of the document. The policy was submitted to the CA for validation on 24 April 2020.

We would like to thank everyone who took part in the reflection, design and drafting of the Médecins du Monde France Gender Policy, especially Renaud Boullet, Julien Chauveau, Eléonore Coeurdevey, Eve Derriennic, Nora Fallet, Jonas Fourier, Flore Ganon-Lecomte, Catherine Giboin, Tanit Iglesias, Alexandre Kamarotos, Karima Kenane, Marie Laluque, Sophie Laurence, Aurélie Leroyer, Céline Lopez-Doring, Juan Diégo Poveda, Eva Razafinarivo, Insaf Rezagui, Sandrine Simon, Lucille Terré and Marie Julie Toha; and everyone who took part in the JDM 2019 workshops and the exchanges of the geopolitical and thematic groups carried out between January and March 2020.