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The Grande Loge Féminine de France, a non-profit association governed by the French law of 1901, is the largest women's Grand Lodge in the world with more than 10500 members in 360 Lodges, of all age groups and from all cultural backgrounds. |
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It is represented everywhere in metropolitan France and French Overseas Territories: Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guyana, Réunion, Tahiti and New Caledonia; in 6 European countries: Luxembourg, Spain, Germany, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic; in 7 African countries: Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Mauritius and Togo; in the Americas: in Venezuela and Canada. |
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The GLFF intends to be a privileged space for research and discussion for women concerned with the construction of new humanistic values and stands for a conception of modernity rooted in tradition. |
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The Grande Loge Féminine de France is an independent, sovereign jurisdiction. Its authority rests on democratically held elections. |
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It is a federation of Lodges, ruled by a "Social Pact" registered with the Paris Préfecture de Police, which includes the statutes of the association, its Constitution and by-laws, as well as the various treaties signed with other Masonic bodies. |
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Legislation and general administration are discussed by a General Assembly which is composed of representatives from all the Lodges and which is convened twice a year. |
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The executive power is delegated to the administrative board, the "Conseil Fédéral" (Federal Council), with 33 members, elected by secret ballot for three-year terms by the General Assembly. 1/3 of the board is re-elected on a yearly basis. |
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The Assembly elects the President of the GLFF among these Counsellors. Her title is "Grande Maîtresse" (Grand Mistress). |
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