Women's pay equality has slipped back 50 years. What can we do?

Women sort freshly harvested oranges at a plantation in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China. Image: Reuters
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Undersecretary-General and Executive Director, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN WOMEN)
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