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Eiffel Tower visit by Hindu religious group sparks uproar over alleged discrimination against women

From Le Temps · () French

Translated from French and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Eiffel Tower staff went on strike after female employees were reportedly excluded during a visit by the Hindu organization BAPS.
  • BAPS apologized but denied that it had refused access to anyone.
  • The dispute drew criticism from the French government and presidential candidates before the landmark reopened Tuesday.

The Eiffel Tower reopened Tuesday after workers staged a one-day strike over the exclusion of female staff during a visit by a Hindu religious delegation. The dispute has placed questions about discrimination against women at the center of a controversy involving one of Paris’s most recognizable landmarks.

The delegation came from the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, commonly known as BAPS. The organization is viewed as particularly conservative by part of the Indian diaspora. It visited the monument on Saturday.

instructions

· Eiffel Tower employeesWorkers used the term to describe the directions they said led to female staff being excluded during the delegation’s visit.

On Monday, Eiffel Tower employees said they had received “instructions” that led to female colleagues being removed from the visit. The staff action prompted outrage from the French government and presidential candidates.

BAPS apologized over the controversy but denied that it had refused access to anyone. The organization’s position failed to prevent the dispute from spreading beyond the monument and into France’s political debate.

to anyone

· BAPSThe organization denied that it had refused access to anyone while apologizing for the controversy.
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Originally published by Le Temps in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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