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The Independent
28-05-2025
- General
- The Independent
Blood-red water pours down Paris fountain in pro-Palestine protest
Showing now | News 01:38 Pro-Palestinian protesters dyed water in a Paris fountain blood-red to 'denounce the ongoing massacres in Gaza'. Greenpeace France, Oxfam France and other NGOs poured several litres of red food colouring in the Fountain of the Innocents on Wednesday (28 May). Standing in and around the fountain, demonstrators can be seen holding banners reading: 'GAZA: STOP THE BLOODBATH', 'MACRON MUST (FINALLY) ACT' and 'CEASEFIRE'. In a statement, Greenpeace France said: 'This operation aims to denounce France's slow response to the dire humanitarian emergency facing the people of Gaza today.' In a joint statement, France, the UK, and Canada's leaders said they 'strongly oppose the expansion of Israel's military operations in Gaza. 'The level of human suffering in Gaza is intolerable.' 03:25 10:44 07:06 07:42 08:21 17:10 06:38 09:22 08:02 06:42 05:23 07:08 05:03 09:53 07:25 09:32 05:23 05:35 09:47 06:28 06:23 07:35 04:24 08:29 08:03 11:54 08:21 06:38 07:25 04:31 07:30 03:34 02:03 03:22 02:15 02:22 02:21 01:43 01:42 01:45 10:44 03:44 07:42 09:22 06:11 07:50 06:21 02:19 03:51 04:18 06:26 04:30 03:35 03:45 07:34 08:19 10:42 06:27 07:23 06:35 More Behind The Headlines 12:18 11:50 09:03 13:07 00:57 00:34 01:57 04:37 00:55 00:54 00:21 00:16 00:49 00:33 01:00 00:31 00:54 01:08 01:35 00:47 00:32 00:18 00:59 00:51 00:51 00:42 00:21 07:54 00:56 00:56 00:29 01:22 00:33 00:21 00:21 00:57 03:29 03:07 03:07 03:24 01:36 00:42 01:26 00:32 00:31 02:00 00:40 00:58 04:23 04:26 01:01 01:07 15:55 16:33 16:06 15:01 15:16 01:16 00:36 00:48 01:08 More Saudi Green Initiative 01:12 01:23 01:24 Live
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Poor funding and weak measures 'bury' gender equality in France warns Oxfam
President Emmanuel Macron's promise of greater gender equality has been "buried" due to insufficient budgets and weak measures, NGO Oxfam France has warned, just days before International Women's Day. President Macron made the fight for gender equality and against violence against women "a national priority" when he came into office in 2017. But ambitions have been "buried" the French branch of anti-poverty charity Oxfam said on Monday. French women still earn 23.5 percent less than their male counterparts in the private sector, and France was ranked the 48th country in the world for economic gender equality by the World Economic Forum in 2024, Oxfam said in a statement released Monday, in the lead up to International Women's day on 8 March. While successive governments under Macron have announced strong measures such as equitable shared parental leave, a public early childhood service, and a reform of the professional equality index (Egapro), they've been "slow to materialise". "A real public early childhood service is essential to reducing gender inequalities, given that women still sacrifice their careers when children arrive," said Sandra Lhote Fernandes, Oxfam France's gender justice campaign manager. Macron has repeatedly rejected accusations of inaction. Oxfam argues this is insufficient, representing just 0.02 percent of the overall state budget. (with newswires) Read more on RFI EnglishRead also:France works towards gender equality in top jobs while UK women are still strugglingSexism and workplace inequality is rife in most areas of French life, research showsPush for gender equality stalls as men dominate nominations for EU commission
