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Swiss women in Geneva rise up for equal pay

Friday, 14 June 2019 11:43 PM [ Last Update: Friday, 14 June 2019 11:49 PM ]

Women hold signs and umbrellas as they take part in a nationwide women's strike for wage parity outside the federal palace, on June 14, 2019 in the Swiss capital Bern. (Photo by AFP)

Purple-clad protesters blowing whistles, banging pots and pans and brandishing feminist slogans fill the streets of Geneva, as women across the country went on strike for equal pay on Friday.

The strike comes nearly three decades after women held the country's first nationwide strike for equal pay.

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