Eiffel Tower chief to step down after exclusion of female staff during Hindu delegation visit
SETE said an internal probe found operational failings and promised gender-equality training after staff strikes forced a one-day closure.
- Eiffel Tower chief Patrick Branco Ruivo will step down at the end of this year following an internal probe that revealed "operational flaws and shortcomings" led to the "unacceptable" removal of female staff during a Hindu religious group's visit.
- Earlier this month, staff at the 137-year-old landmark went on strike, condemning "professional instructions that led to female employees being sidelined, replaced and made invisible because of their sex" during a visit by the BAPS delegation.
- SETE, the operating company, acknowledged that the Hindu delegation requested limited "interactions with women" and admitted "these conditions should not have been accepted." The company promised to accept the "consequences."
- SETE president Ariel Weil told AFP, "I restate the Eiffel Tower's commitment to republican values and to the equality of men and women," while requesting gender equality training programs.
- The 330-meter tower attracts 7 million visitors annually and has faced previous industrial action, but this leadership change follows an investigation into "operational flaws and shortcomings" in managing the controversial delegation visit.
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The company responsible for the Eiffel Tower informed, on Tuesday (29), that its director will leave the office at the end of the year, after the controversy caused by the decision to prevent employees from working during the visit of a Hindu religious group. Patrick Branco Ruivo, who has been running the emblematic Parisian monument since 2018, will leave the post at the end of the year, informed the Society of Exploration of the Eiffel Tower (…
The organisation apologised for “any inconvenience caused” after the incident.
Eiffel Tower chief to step down after women staff removal controversy
The Eiffel Tower chief will step down after controversy over removing women staff during a religious visit, prompting probes and calls for gender equality measures. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Responding to a request from a conservative Hindu organization led to a strike by workers and the closure of the tourist attraction earlier in September.
THE CEO of the company that manages the Eiffel Tower is stepping down at the end of the year, the decision following a scandal over the removal of female employees during a visit by an ultra-conservative Hindu group.
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