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  "id": 6192377,
  "title": "Eiffel Tower closed in row over women removed for Hindu group",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/eiffel-tower-closed-in-row-over-women-removed-for-hindu-group-6192377",
  "topic": "world",
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  "published": "2026-09-07T23:03:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
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    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/09/08/eiffel-tower-closed-in-row-over-women-removed-for-hindu-group"
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  "account": "The Eiffel Tower was shut down on Monday due to a staff strike protesting the removal of female employees during a visit by a Hindu religious group. The Hindu Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) movement organized a cultural boat procession on the Seine on the same day. Eiffel Tower staff condemned the instructions that led to female employees being sidelined, replaced, and made invisible based on their gender during the delegation's visit. Female employees were instructed to make themselves invisible and were not allowed to cross certain areas while the delegation was present. Some were even replaced by male staff. The operating company SETE acknowledged that the conditions were unacceptable, as they conflicted with the company's values and principles of equality between men and women. SETE president Ariel Weil, a socialist elected official in Paris, expressed his disappointment and promised to accept the consequences. French Equality Minister Aurore Berge and presidential candidates Marine Le Pen and Gabriel Attal also criticized the incident.",
  "summary": "Eiffel Tower staff condemned instructions issued to female employees that allegedly sidelined, replaced and made them 'invisible because of their sex' during a visit by a Hindu spiritual movement.",
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        "title": "Eiffel Tower closed in row over women removed for Hindu group",
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        "title": "Eiffel Tower closed in row over women removed for Hindu group",
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        "title": "Eiffel Tower closes after strike over sidelining of female staff during BAPS visit",
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        "title": "Eiffel Tower closes as staff strike after female employees 'made invisible' for Hindu group visit",
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        "title": "Eiffel Tower closed in row over women removed for Hindu group",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/eiffel-tower-closed-in-row-over-women-removed-for-hindu-group-6177825",
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        "title": "Eiffel Tower employees strike after female workers removal",
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        "outlet": "Qatar Tribune",
        "title": "Eiffel Tower closed to visitors as staff strike after female workers removed",
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        "published": "2026-09-07T22:26:34.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Eiffel Tower closed in row over women removed for Hindu group",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/eiffel-tower-closed-in-row-over-women-removed-for-hindu-group-6189240",
        "published": "2026-09-07T23:03:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Eiffel Tower shut by staff protest after women moved for religious visit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/eiffel-tower-shut-by-staff-protest-after-women-moved-for-religious",
        "published": "2026-09-07T23:46:44.000Z"
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