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Eiffel Tower director to resign after staff discrimination

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Following an internal investigation into the September 5 incident involving a delegation from the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), SETE Director General Patrick Branco Ruivo has announced he will resign at the end of 2026. While Branco Ruivo denied issuing specific instructions to sideline women, he expressed regret over the outcome and acknowledged that an investigation uncovered “a series of dysfunctions and failures” in protocol organization. Further inquiries by the General Inspectorate of the City of Paris found that the BAPS delegation did not make an explicit request to exclude female employees from the entire visitor route. BAPS Hindu Mandir of Paris has ~~maintained~~ since rejected allegations of requesting the exclusion or removal of female staff, stating that ~~it did not request differential treatment based on gender, citing logistical concerns regarding~~ investigation findings attributed the ~~group's size.~~ incident to a “chain of miscommunication and operational failures” that resulted in women being replaced at their posts. Branco Ruivo has reiterated that he never issued instructions to remove or replace women during the visit. The controversy, which previously triggered a staff strike and temporary closure of the monument, has prompted SETE Board Chairman Ariel Weil to call for structural reforms. These include the establishment of a dedicated protocol department and the implementation of gender equality training programs to address the “operational flaws and shortcomings” identified during the incident.

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