Switzerland. Canton Ticino. Lugano. Piazza della Riforma. Women's strike. A group of high school teens arrivie with banners. The words in Italian language: "At school, sex should be talked about". Two Venus symbols with a fist. Women across Switzerland have been taking to the streets in a historic strike demanding equal treatment and conditions compared with their male counterparts. The protests organised by trade unions come almost three decades after a 1991 strike, when women...
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Switzerland. Canton Ticino. Lugano. Piazza della Riforma. Women's strike. A group of high school teens arrivie with banners. The words in Italian language: "At school, sex should be talked about". Two Venus symbols with a fist. Women across Switzerland have been taking to the streets in a historic strike demanding equal treatment and conditions compared with their male counterparts. The protests organised by trade unions come almost three decades after a 1991 strike, when women demanded that a constitutional article on equality of the sexes be translated into concrete legislation. Many women – and men, who are in support of the movement – are wearing fuchsia purple clothing which is the symbolic color of the event. The Piazza della Reforma is Lugano’s main square. 14.06.2019 © 2019 Didier Ruef
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