Abstract
-Voting right: 1944
-Women must take a Maternity leave: 1945
1971: The Law of salary equality between women and men
-Right for women to open a bank account without the authorization of their husband: have her independence: 1967
-Will of the women to take advantage of career opportunities in sectors such as the high tech sector
-More women are awarded a diploma today than in the 1980s
-520 000 women executives in the private sector. Their manpower have more than doubled in thirty years and now represent 30 % of today's executives
-More than two thirds of the Europeans consider that women and men have the same level of interest for responsible jobs
-A great majority of the Europeans consider that the women arrange necessary skills and capacities to occupy responsible jobs
