Women 'occupy' men's toilets in equality protest
Updated: 2012-02-20 10:54
(chinadaily.com.cn)
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A female students holds a banner and protest in front of a public toilet calling for more cubicles for women during an "Occupy Men's Toilet" movement in Guangzhou city, South China's Guangdong province on Feb 19, 2012. During the demonstration, several female volunteers occupied some vacant cubicles in men's toilet to let women waiting outside have priority use of the facilities. The slogan reads "More convenience for women, more gender equality". [Photo/CFP] |
A group of women waits outside a men's public toilet cubicle in Guangzhou city, South China's Guangdong province during an "Occupy Men's Toilet" movement on Feb 19, 2012. The move is to call on the government to provide more public toilet cubicles for women. [Photo/CFP] |
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