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IFJ 05 March 2021
“Time to end the gender pay gap in journalism,” says IFJ
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has launched a global campaign #PayMeEqual to mark International Women s Day on 8 March, urging media across the world to conduct pay audits in their newsrooms and to act to tackle the gender pay gap
Equal pay means that women and men should receive equal remuneration for work of equal value. The global gender pay gap is estimated at 23%. It means that women earn on average 77% of what men earn.
Journalism is no exception to that injustice. The gender pay gap is not linked to women being less qualified but rather to their access to highly paid positions being limited.
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He suggested the BBC should use this resource to concentrate on investigations and stories of national and regional importance on its website, leaving local news and soft features to commercial titles.
“In my view with that level of dedicated journalism resource in Scotland the BBC has everything it needs to produce major investigations, in-depth news analysis, high-level quality news output, and that’s what it should be judged on and that’s where I see its future lying,” he said at a virtual Westminster Media Forum event on the future of the BBC on 23 February.
Martin (pictured in the Herald newsroom) added: “There should be a greater concentration on quality news, inside analysis and investigations pertinent to Scotland but there needs to be an awareness of the extent of its online coverage on commercial competitors.”