Eiffel Tower Chief to Step Down over Removal of Women Staff During Hindu Group's Visit
SETE said an internal probe found operational failings and promised gender-equality training after staff strikes forced a one-day closure.
- Eiffel Tower chief Patrick Branco Ruivo will step down at the end of this year following an internal probe that revealed "operational flaws and shortcomings" led to the "unacceptable" removal of female staff during a Hindu religious group's visit.
- Earlier this month, staff at the 137-year-old landmark went on strike, condemning "professional instructions that led to female employees being sidelined, replaced and made invisible because of their sex" during a visit by the BAPS delegation.
- SETE, the operating company, acknowledged that the Hindu delegation requested limited "interactions with women" and admitted "these conditions should not have been accepted." The company promised to accept the "consequences."
- SETE president Ariel Weil told AFP, "I restate the Eiffel Tower's commitment to republican values and to the equality of men and women," while requesting gender equality training programs.
- The 330-meter tower attracts 7 million visitors annually and has faced previous industrial action, but this leadership change follows an investigation into "operational flaws and shortcomings" in managing the controversial delegation visit.
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Responding to a request from a conservative Hindu organization led to a strike by workers and the closure of the tourist attraction earlier in September.
Patrick Branco Ruivo will leave the post at the end of the year. In September he had forced the women who work in the structure to step aside in order not to cross a Hindu religious delegation
The general manager of the Eiffel Tower operating company announced his departure on Tuesday after the controversy over the dismissal of female employees for a Hindu delegation. The internal investigation "has uncovered a series of malfunctions and failures". - Employees excluded for the visit of a Hindu group: the director of the Eiffel Tower announces his departure (Company Topics).
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