Thousands march against French pension reforms on International Women’s Day

Women march during the demonstration on International Women’s Day (Christophe Ena/AP)

Tens of thousands of people have marched in Paris and other cities across France to denounce the government’s pension plan as unfair to female workers, in demonstrations coinciding with International Women’s Day.

The show of anger against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 is set to continue in coming days, as train and metro drivers, refinery workers, rubbish collectors and others have said they will continue strikes.