Olivier Serva, an independent National Assembly deputy for the French overseas territory of Guadeloupe and the bill’s sponsor, said it would penalise any workplace discrimination based on “hairstyle, colour, length or texture”.
Serva, who is black, said women “of African descent” were often encouraged before job interviews to change their style of hair. Backers say men who wear their hair in styles such as dreadlocks are also affected.The bill was approved in the lower house National Assembly on Thursday, with 44 votes in favour and two against. It will now go to the upper senate, where the right has the majority and the vote’s outcome is much less certain.
While statistics are difficult to come by, high-profile people have faced online harassment because of their hair. In the political sphere, they include the former government spokesperson Sibeth Ndiaye, and Audrey Pulvar, a deputy mayor of Paris, whose afro hairstyle has attracted much negative comment online.
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