Yellow vests protests
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The yellow vests protests or yellow-jacket protests were a series of populist, grassroots weekly protests in France that began on 17 November 2018 and ended on 28 June 2020.
A yellow vests protest in Belfort, France, on 29 December 2018
A high-visibility vest, the key symbol of the protests
Gilets jaunes protest in Occitania
The first gilets jaunes protest in Vesoul, 17 November 2018
Women have been involved in the yellow vests movement since its inception. This is a result of women on the whole being more affected by poverty in France than their male counterparts, in part because
A woman in unicorn costumes, during "Act IX" of gilets jaunes protest in Bordeaux
Women riding bicycles during a gilets jaunes protest in Mont-de-Marsan, 17 November 2018
Women gilets jaunes protesters holding the French flag in Belfort, 8 December
A woman taking selfie during the gilets jaunes protest in Belfort, 22 December