Women stage hunger strike for equal work opportunities

Women stage hunger strike for equal work opportunities

TOKYO, Japan - Women stage a hunger strike in Tokyo's Hibiya Park in this file photo taken on March 17, 1984, to oppose a draft law on gender equality in employment seen by working women as far from sufficient.

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