The BBC is reviewing employee pay after it was forced to reveal that male stars were paid far more than their female counterparts Cheap Men's Nike Air Max 97 Triple White , damaging the British public broadcaster's image and angering women employees.
The revelation in July that the BBC's best-paid male star earned five times more than the best-paid woman, and that two thirds of on-air high earners were men, generated a spate of critical headlines as well as internal strife.
"These are difficult and often deep-rooted challenges, and they are not unique to the BBC, but I see this as a moment of real opportunity for us," Director General Tony Hall said.
Hall said the corporation had commissioned a report on its gender pay gap Cheap Men's Nike EXP-X14 Sneakers Primarily White , to be independently audited, which would look not just at top earners but at the broader picture across the BBC.
He said it had also launched an audit of equal pay covering UK-based staff, which was being carried out by the law firm Eversheds and auditors PwC.
"If it throws up issues, we'll deal with them immediately," said Hall, adding that both reports would be published.
BBC management had initially responded to outrage over the pay disclosures by pledging to close the gender gap by 2020 Cheap Men's Nike Air Vapormax Plus Black , but that failed to satisfy irate women employees.
"The director general must be in no doubt about how serious an issue of equal and fair pay is for women across the organization," said a group of female BBC employees.
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BEIJING Cheap Women's Nike Air Max 270 Triple White , Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- The following is a selection of remarks made by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, and others about China's diplomatic philosophy.
Xi Jinping, Chinese president
"More than 7 billion people inhabit the planet Earth. We in the same boat should keep watch and help each other to achieve common development."
"We Chinese people seek to realize the Chinese dream, a great revitalization of the Chinese nation, and also wish that the dreams of people of all countries will come true." (2014 New Year Message Cheap Men's Nike Air Force 270 Metallic Black , Beijing, Dec. 31, 2013)
Xi Jinping, Chinese president
"All countries should join hands in building a new type of international relations featuring cooperation and mutual benefit." (Speech at Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Moscow, March 23 Cheap Women's Nike Air Force 1-100 Low White , 2013)
Xi Jinping, Chinese president
"In the interest of peace, China will remain committed to peaceful development." (Speech at V-Day commemoration, Beijing, Sept. 3, 2015)
"China's proposition is: build a community of shared future for mankind and achieve shared and win-win development." (Speech at the UN Office in Geneva, Switzerland, Jan. 18, 2017)
Xi Jinping, Chinese president
"China's development has been possible because of the world, and China has contributed to the world's development. We will continue to pursue a win-win strategy of opening-up Cheap Men's Nike Air Force 1 Foamposite Triple Black , share our development opportunities with other countries and welcome them aboard the fast train of China's development." (Speech at the UN Office in Geneva, Switzerland, Jan. 18, 2017)
Wang Yi, Chinese foreign minister
"General Secretary Xi Jinping has stressed that China must pursue a major-country diplomacy with its own characteristics, which must illustrate salient Chinese features Cheap Women's Nike Air Force 1 Low GS Hyper Pink , a Chinese style and Chinese confidence."
Wang Yi, Chinese foreign minister
"In a way different from traditional major countries, China is striding towards the center of the world stage with more confidence and openness. While building an external environment conducive to its own development, it is also making increasingly significant contributions to world peace and development, as well as the prosperity and advancement of all humankind."
BEIJING, March 28 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday jointly announced the launch of a strategic plan in a bid to reduce hunger in China and other developing countries.
As a collaboration among the MOA, WFP and other partners, the five-year plan lasting from 2017 to 2021 aims to help realize the goal of ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture, one of the 17 goals raised by the UN for its 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, according to the launch event.
By implementing the plan, China and WFP hope to bring about several outcomes, including reducing the stunting rate among Chinese children, providing smallholder farmers with better conditions and access to markets, as well as improving South-South cooperation between China and other developing countries.
The plan will not only help people in remote and poor areas in China, but also serve as an example for other developing countries to reduce poverty and hunger, said Sui Pengfei, director-general of International Cooperation of the MOA.
He added that this will be a new starting point for cooperation between China and the WFP.
More than 30 million Chinese people were assisted by WFP's projects from 1979 to 2005. China, for its part, lifted 700 million people out of poverty over the past 30 years and has vowed to eradicate poverty in the country by 2020, making its experience in reducing hunger an example for countries seeking to replicate such success.