埃菲尔铁塔首席执行官因性别歧视事件宣布年底辞职

埃菲尔铁塔运营公司首席执行官帕特里克·布兰科·鲁伊沃因一起引发争议的性别歧视事件宣布将在年底辞职。1事件发生在BAPS印度教宗教代表团访问埃菲尔铁塔期间，约100名代表团成员到访。1为满足该宗教团体限制与女性互动的要求，埃菲尔铁塔管理部门将女性员工从工作岗位调换为男性同事。1

内部调查随后认定这一做法"不可接受"。1该决定引发员工罢工和广泛舆论谴责。法国国民议会主席雅埃尔·布朗-皮维特表示："我拒绝允许妇女被迫让步以满足外国游客的要求"。1巴黎社会党市长埃马纽埃尔·格雷瓜尔则称其为"荒谬、不公正和不可接受的决定"。1

布兰科·鲁伊沃自2018年担任埃菲尔铁塔董事总经理。1BAPS就此事发表声明，表示为"造成的任何痛苦或不便道歉"，并称相信"相互尊重和服务的普遍价值观"。1

Patrick Blanc-Ruivo, the chief executive of the Eiffel Tower's operating company, has announced his resignation at year-end following a controversy involving the replacement of female staff with male colleagues during a visit by a Hindu religious delegation 1. The incident occurred when approximately 100 representatives from BAPS, a Hindu organization, toured the monument, and female employees were removed from their posts to accommodate the group's restrictions on interactions with women 1.

An internal investigation concluded that the removal of female staff from their work positions was "unacceptable" 1. The decision sparked employee strikes and widespread public criticism 1. French National Assembly President Yaël Braun-Pivet condemned the practice, stating: "I refuse to allow women to be forced to step aside to satisfy the demands of foreign visitors" 1. Paris's Socialist mayor Emmanuel Grégoire similarly denounced the arrangement as "absurd, unjust, and unacceptable" 1.

BAPS issued an apology for "any distress or inconvenience caused," asserting its belief in "universal values of mutual respect and service" 1. Blanc-Ruivo, who has served as managing director of the Eiffel Tower since 2018, will depart at the end of the year 1.