BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Her appeal to drive metro trains was turned down by the Supreme Court, but 22-year-old Anna Klevets will challengeRussian lawthat prohibits womenfrom driving.
The Supreme Court Thursday rejected a St. Petersburg woman's appeal on the grounds that women cannot work with dangerous heavy equipment, Itar-Tass news agency reported.
Klevets will now appeal to a St Petersburg court to challenge the working conditions on the city's metro and make it acceptable for women, newspaper Izvestia said, quoting lawyer Galina Yenyutina at the Centre for Social and Labour Rights.
"We need to create equal, safe working conditions, so that men as well as women can work in safety," she said.
Klevets applied to work as an assistant driver on the chandeliered underground system in Russia's second city, St Petersburg, last November. But she was turned down following the ban on women driving trains.
(Agencies)
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