Why an Italian Firm is Targeting its Female Staff

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Women in Italy are also struggling for gender equality. An Italian engineering firm is in the news for recently targeting its female staff when confronting layoffs. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with John Hooper of the Guardian newspaper who covered the story.

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