praising kerry gracie for her courage what a brave lady she is absolutely no way any woman under any circumstances should be paid less than any man for doing the same job and finally the b.b.c. presenter samir ahmed saying equal pay for equal work of equal value is the law if it's happening to b.b.c. women it's happening to you. and let's pick up on that notion of it happening to a lot of people around the world i'm joined now by the journalist and delicate she reports on gender in gender pay gap issues here in germany she joins me tonight from munich it's good to have you on the show this case with the b.b.c. journalist i mean it's getting international attention in just like the hash tag me two continues to dominate the headlines do you think that we could be looking at the start of a new invigorated push for wage equality around the world well that would be lovely actually because. the wage gap has not lessened. the last years ok same then there have being quite strong movement inside and as an equal pay day and. it's a state that so far nothing has changed let's talk a little bit

well kerry gracie says that she told her b.b.c. bosses that the only solution to the problem as she saw it is if all four international editors got paid the same amount of money and crucially she sought to clarify that she wasn't looking for a press pay rise she simply wanted equality of pay but instead her bosses at the b.b.c. offered her quite a hefty pay rise but one that still didn't come anywhere close to equality with the men's salaries she says that the b.b.c. that the b.b.c. told her that essentially the men's jobs are worth more the two men by the way are the north america editor and the middle east editor now so on top of this original conflict there is now another wish you and that is that after this story broke the head of news at the b.b.c. center reminder to all the staff saying that because of impartiality rules that they're governed by they wouldn't be able to report on the story if they had expressed a view on it because that would amount to a conflict of interest but plenty of women at the b.b.c. have tweeted soli

could all benefit from having a more honest and open attitudes of all of these matters i mean kerry gracie was paid less than her male counterparts in in similar positions that was the allegation and the way this was formulated was that this was about gender of gender discrimination but there is of course the other argument that she might have had you know less work or less of a work you know volley more responsibility than others than perhaps you happened to be how male colleagues this had nothing to do with gender is that a possibility here at all. well it's a possibility i mean you could argue the b.b.c. correspondents in the us or the middle east is of syria is a more senior position but then you've got to ask yourself why is those senior positions always filled by i mean and i think that this this kind of question is going to be asked not just at the b.b.c. but in general in society but i think with b.b.c. in particular because it is a public service broadcaster they've got a to show that they're being fair about pay and be the go to show the being open about how these decisions are t

equal pay following the resignation of their china editor kerry gracey over alleged salary discrimination artie's only boyko as the story. carrie gracie has resigned as the b.b.c.'s china editor and she's penned this open letter where she explains that last summer when the b.b.c. revealed the salaries of its highest paid staff she discovered that the two men who do the same job as her essentially as international editors but in other regions get paid much more than the two women who do those jobs as well take a listen to what she had to say master law i learned that in the previous financial year the two men least fifty percent more than the two women these revelations damaged the trust of b.b.c. staff gary gracie said that the only solution that she had for her b.b.c. bosses would be for all four international editors at the b.b.c. to be paid the same amount and crucially she wasn't after a pay rise she simply wanted equal pay however her bosses at the b.b.c. instead offered her a substantial pay rise but one that was nowhere near equal pay and she says that the b.b.c. told her that quite simply the men's jobs were worth more and tho