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Women at Google have a message for management: Enough.

Gender inequality has long been an issue at the internet giant, where only 31 percent of employees are female. But several recent incidents have prompted employees to demand better treatment; Googlers around the world are walking out of work today to make their demands known.

“We need transparency, accountability and structural change,” protest organizers wrote on an internal Google website, which was viewed by The New York Times.

The recent revelation in a Times article that Google had paid a $90 million exit package to Andy Rubin, the creator of the Android operating system, after the company found a sexual harassment claim against him credible, sparked workers to organize the walkout. (Mr. Rubin denied the allegations against him and said the report of his compensation was a “wild exaggeration.”) But tensions over the treatment of women in the workplace have simmered for years, Google employees said, with disrespectful remarks coming from executives and the rank and file alike.