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Parity Pact

Equality between men and women in the workplace is a major issue, particularly within the start-up ecosystem, which suffers from too few women in the tech professions. In French Tech start-ups, less than 10% of the founding teams are 100% female, and only 18% of management positions are held by women. And yet, according to the United Nations Observatory, 75% of the jobs created between now and 2050 will be in science and technology.

French start-ups are already getting to grips with the issue of parity: 85% of entrepreneurs have set themselves targets for parity within their start-up, according to a survey carried out by the French Tech Mission and the CSA Institute to mark the 10th anniversary of La French Tech.

With the Parity Pact, launched by the French Tech Mission and the companies in the French Tech Next40/120 programme in May 2022, several hundred French start-ups have now made 5 concrete and simple commitments to accelerate the movement in favour of parity in their companies over the long term.

There are now more than 700 signatories to the Parity Pact !

Become a signatory of the Parity Pact

Join Mirakl, Deezer, Ledger, Brut and many others in building a fairer and more inclusive French start-up ecosystem!

I wanted to tackle the issue of parity in French Tech head on, because even if things are moving, the figures speak for themselves. It’s unacceptable not to open the doors of our ecosystem more to women. Of course it’s a question of equality, but it’s also, and above all, a question of performance. How can we build the best innovations without half of humanity?

Clara Chappaz

French Secretary of State for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies

The commitments of the Parity Pact

With the support and guidance of the French Tech Mission, the signatories undertake to :

  • Governance: achieve a minimum threshold of 20% women on the company’s board by 2025, rising to 40% by 2028.

  • Management: train 100% of managers on diversity issues and the fight against discrimination and harassment

  • Recruitment: guarantee that 100% of the job descriptions published by the company are aimed at both men and women.

  • Representation: set up a team of equal numbers of male and female representatives to speak on behalf of the company, both internally and externally

  • Parenthood: set up specific support for each employee returning from parental leave

Download the Parity Pact report

To take things further, the Parity Pact report proposes 8 additional avenues of work, 9 months after its launch.

PDF – 1.41 MB

By signing the Parity Pact, you will be joining the following signatories:

List of some of the signatories of the French Tech Mission’s Parity Pact, in the French Tech Next40/120 programme. See detailed description below.

List of some of the signatories of the French Tech Mission’s Parity Pact, in the French Tech Next40/120 programme:

  • 360 Learning
  • Adikteev
  • Akeneo
  • Alan
  • ALLMOL
  • Alma
  • Ankorstore
  • Anycommerce
  • Anywr
  • BlaBlaCar
  • Botify
  • Brut.
  • ChapsVision
  • Contentsquare
  • CorWave
  • Deezer
  • DentalMonitoring
  • Descartes
  • Devialet
  • DNAScript
  • Doctolib
  • Ecovadis
  • Electra
  • Equativ
  • Exotec
  • Heetch
  • HR Path
  • iAdvize
  • Igyxos
  • Ilek
  • ImCheck Therapeutics
  • Innovafeed
  • Iziwork
  • Jobteaser
  • Joone
  • Kinéis
  • Klaxoon
  • La Belle Vie
  • Le Collectionist
  • Ledger
  • Leocare Assurance
  • Libon
  • Lifen
  • Little Worker
  • Loft Orbital
  • Luko
  • Lumapps
  • Malt
  • ManoMano
  • Mirakl
  • Mnemo Therapeutics
  • MWM
  • MYM
  • Openclassrooms
  • PayFit
  • Pennylane
  • Perfectstay
  • Pharmedigroup
  • Pigment
  • Platform.sh
  • Qonto
  • Safti
  • Sarbacanne
  • Selectra
  • Brevo (ex. Sendinblue)
  • Singulart
  • Skeepers
  • Spendesk
  • Swile
  • Tissium
  • TreeFrog
  • Trusk
  • Ubitransport
  • Veepee
  • Verkor
  • Vestiaire Collective
  • Virtuo
  • Visiperf
  • Withings
  • Ÿnsect
  • Younited
  • Yousign
  • Yubo

Progress report on the Parity Pact

2 years after the launch of the Parity Pact, the French Tech Mission is currently carrying out a progress review to take stock of the commitment of the signatories, and to continue and strengthen its actions in favour of professional equality between women and men.

In view of the progress made and the additional efforts required, the French Tech Mission is determined to go further and faster in favour of parity in Tech in 2024 and for the future.

There is still some way to go to achieve full equality, and these ongoing efforts are essential to creating a more inclusive and equitable environment in the tech sector in France.

8/10

of companies have trained at least half of their managers, and on average, 74.5% of managers have undergone training.

94%

of companies responding have taken steps to ensure that their internal and external representation teams have equal representation.

100%

of companies responding have introduced a more inclusive recruitment process.

88%

of companies responding have launched initiatives to better support employees in their parenthood.

These key figures come from the survey sent out as part of the Parity Pact progress review on 08/03/2023, in order to measure signatories’ progress on the Pact’s 5 commitments. They are currently being updated.

Download the Parity Pact

PDF – 1.41 MB

Download the 2023 Parity Pact progress report

PDF – 870.13 KB