法航女性机组人员拒戴头巾

France’s national airline will allow female staff to volunteer for a new route to Iran rather than require them.

法国航空公司将不强迫机组人员飞行德黑兰航线，让服务此航线的女性机组人员自愿决定。

Air France announced that female flight attendants must wear a headscarf, also known as hijab, on arrival in Iran.

法国航空公司要求在飞往伊朗的航班上的女性机组人员必须用头巾遮住头发，即佩戴希贾布。

Some flight attendants objected.

一些机组人员对佩戴头巾的要求表示反对。

The union representing crew members said they worried that females would face discipline if they refused to work the flight.

代表机组人员的工会表示，他们担心女性机组人员若拒飞会受到惩罚。

The airline now says female participation on the route to Iran will be on a volunteer basis.

目前法航表示女性机组人员可自愿决定是否服务飞往伊朗的航线。

The airline begins three flights a week between Paris and Tehran on April 17.

法航预计从4月17日起，每周开设三班从巴黎飞往德黑兰的航班。

The headscarf issue puts the two cultures in conflict. Women in Iran have been required to wear hijab since a revolution in 1979. In France, religious headscarves are not allowed in some schools and offices. It is also against the law to wear the full-faced veil in public in France.

此次头巾风波表现了两种文化的相互碰撞。自1979年革命以来，伊朗就要求女性必须佩戴希贾布。而在法国，一些学校和机构不允许女性带宗教性质的头巾。在法国，戴遮住整张脸的面纱也是违法的。

I’m Kathleen Struck.

我是斯凯瑟琳·特拉克。

Air France Female Crew Members Object to Hijab

France’s national airline will allow female staff to volunteer for a new route to Iran rather than require them.

Air France announced that female flight attendants must wear a headscarf, also known as hijab, on arrival in Iran.

Some flight attendants objected.

The union representing crew members said they worried that females would face discipline if they refused to work the flight.

The airline now says female participation on the route to Iran will be on a volunteer basis.

The airline begins three flights a week between Paris and Tehran on April 17.

The headscarf issue puts the two cultures in conflict. Women in Iran have been required to wear hijab since a revolution in 1979. In France, religious headscarves are not allowed in some schools and offices. It is also against the law to wear the full-faced veil in public in France.

I’m Kathleen Struck.

Words in This Story

headscarf – n. a piece of cloth worn over a woman's or girl's head

hijab – n. a head covering worn in public by some women