Macron accused of betraying pledge to stamp out violence against women

Campaigners protest against government of shame' after minister accused of rape by two women is kept in place

Equality campaigners have accused Emmanuel Macron of betraying his promise to stamp out violence against women and girls after the French government kept in place a new minister accused of rape by two women.

Feminist groups led by the Observatory of Sexist and Sexual Violence in Politics organised a street demonstration in Paris on Tuesday against what they called a government of shame", after Damien Abad, the minister for solidarity and people with disabilities, remained in his job despite the rape allegations.