French train and metro drivers, refinery workers, garbage collectors and others hold further strikes against President Macron's controversial pension plan
Feminist activists see the pension reform as unfair to women, especially because they say it would further deepen gender inequalities.
Activists see the pension reform as unfair to women, especially because they say it would further deepen gender inequalities. They wanted to show “solidarity towards the women’s fight for their rights across the world” and denounce the pension plan's impact on female workers, the statement said.
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