22 Nov 2019

BBC's Carrie Gracie's successful equal pay fight

From Nine To Noon, 10:06 am on 22 November 2019
Carrie Gracie

Photo: supplied by Little Brown/Hachette

The BBC's former China editor who spoke out and won an apology for being underpaid talks to Kathryn about her battle for equality.  

Prior to taking up her posting in Beijing, Carrie Gracie made equal pay a requirement of accepting the job. Upon learning she was paid half of what some of her equivalent male colleagues were earning, she resigned, with many of her co-workers supporting her stance.

What followed is traversed in her new book Equal - this includes an apology from the BBC and back pay. Carrie Gracie remains a BBC News presenter.