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January 7, 2019

France: Yellow Vests Protesters Take to Streets as Impasse with Gov't Persists
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In France, the "yellow vest" protesters took to the streets again over
the weekend. On Saturday, a group of protesters in Paris rammed a
forklift into a government ministry building, while violent
confrontations between some demonstrators and police took place in the
capital. A reported 50,000 people across the country came out as the
movement is now in its second month of protests. On Sunday, hundreds of
women organized their own "yellow vest" demonstrations in an effort to
counter the recent violence and to highlight the economic issues faced
by working women. This is protester Sophie Tissier.

Sophie Tissier: "There are thugs who slip into the protests, and they're
mainly men. And we're telling them: 'We, the yellow vest women, want to
do something peacefully, calmly. We are calling for our women's rights
to protest and to take part in the struggle.' … It's very, very hard for
women in this society. It's mainly us who look after the children. We
have lower salaries than men. Lots are employed in unstable jobs. It's
much harder for women in today's society. It's a lot more difficult."



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