Women need to earn as much as men for doing the same job.

That was the clear message from the head of the UN’s gender agency, speaking alongside the Canadian Prime Minister at UN headquarters on Wednesday.

Women in most countries earn on average only 60 to 75 per cent of men’s wages, the UN says.

They were taking part in a High-Level event on Gender Equality and Global Call to Action on Equal Pay.

Jocelyne Sambira has the story.

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