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本周二，瑞典女權主義黨派在瑞典東南海岸的哥得蘭島上焚燒了十萬瑞典克朗的紙幣，以此對本國男女同工不同酬的問題表示抗議。該黨派領袖表示，十萬克朗是瑞典女性每分鐘比男性少得的報酬總數。這堆紙幣全部燃盡大概用了25分鐘的時間。據悉，此次焚燒的紙幣是由一家廣告公司捐贈的，而選擇在這個時間“燒錢”是因為瑞典的各大政黨正聚集哥得蘭島為9月份的選舉造勢，他們可以得到更多的關注。該女權主義黨派成立于2005年，曾得到簡?方達及ABBA組合本尼?安德森等名人的資助和支持。在2006年的瑞典國內選舉中因得票數不到百分之一而未能進入議會，他們希望在9月的選舉中能夠實現這一目標。

Sweden's Feminist party roasted a pile of bank notes worth 100,000 Swedish crowns ($13,010) on Tuesday in a stunt designed to highlight wage disparities between men and women ahead of a national election.

Sweden's Feminist party roasted a pile of bank notes worth 100,000 Swedish crowns ($13,010) on Tuesday in a stunt designed to highlight wage disparities between men and women ahead of a national election.

Feminist party leader Gudrun Schyman pulled handfuls of cash from a plastic bag and threw them onto a smoking barbeque as a small crowd leaned in to take pictures. It took about 25 minutes to burn the bag's contents.

"We are doing this for fair wages," she told a crowd of some 75 people on the island of Gotland, off the southeast coast of Sweden, where political parties are gathered for a week of campaigning.

The stunt, using money donated by an advertising agency, was designed to illustrate how women in Sweden "lose" 100,000 crowns every minute because their wages are lower than men's, she said.

"This is a lot of money for a lot of people and it is a lot of money for me but in a political campaign it is a drop in the ocean," Schyman added.

Swedes go to the polls on September 19 and the feminist party -- backed by celebrity supporters including Jane Fonda and ABBA's Benny Andersson -- hopes to win its first seat in parliament since it was founded in 2005.

Andersson donated 1 million crowns to the party last year to fund its campaign for election to the European parliament.

In Sweden's national election in 2006, the feminist party won less than one percent of the vote. Parties need at least four percent to earn a seat in the national assembly.

(Agencies)

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