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BBC China Editor Carrie Gracie Quits Job Over Broadcaster Paying Men More Than Women For Same Job<\/b>
\nA top BBC journalist has quit her job with the broadcaster over men<\/a> getting paid more than women<\/a> at the corporation for doing the same job.<\/p>\n

Carrie Gracie, the BBC\u2019s China editor, blasted the Beeb for having a \u201csecretive and illegal pay culture\u201d in a damning open letter.<\/p>\n

Gracie left her role as editor of the corporation\u2019s Beijing bureau last week, but will remain with the BBC.<\/p>\n

She has made the stand after it was revealed two-thirds of BBC stars earning more than \u00a3150,000 were male<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the letter, first published by\u00a0Buzzfeed News\u00a0on Sunday night, it made clear Gracie\u2019s anger over how salaries are apparently weighted against women<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Citing her own experience, she said she was being paid 33% less than male<\/a> international editors, and has since turned down an\u00a0\u201cunequal pay rise\u201d.<\/p>\n

She wrote:\u00a0\u201cWith great regret, I have left my post as China editor to speak out publicly on a crisis of trust at the BBC.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe you have a right to know that it is breaking equality law and resisting pressure for a fair and transparent pay structure.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cIt is not men<\/a> earning more because they do more of the jobs which pay better. It is men<\/a> earning more in the same jobs or jobs of equal value. It is pay discrimination and it is illegal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gracie continues that \u201cfor far too long, a secretive and illegal BBC pay culture has inflicted dishonourable choices on those who enforce it\u201d. \u201cThis must change,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n

Quitting the role she has held since 2013, Gracie said she would stay with the BBC and return to her former role in the BBC News Channel newsroom.<\/p>\n

In July, some of the BBC\u2019s most high-profile personalities demanded the corporation tackle its gender pay gap after it revealed the on-screen staff who earn more than \u00a3150,000 and\u00a0exposed unequal pay between men<\/a> and women<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis, Today programme hosts Mishal Husain and Sarah Montague, journalist Victoria Derbyshire and presenter Clare Balding\u00a0were among 44 women<\/a> who signed an open letter to director general Tony Hall\u00a0urging change.<\/p>\n

Radio 2 presenter Chris Evans was the top earner at the BBC on more than \u00a32m, while the highest paid woman<\/a> was Strictly\u2019s Claudia Winkleman in the substantially lower \u00a3450,000 – \u00a3499,999 pay bracket.<\/p>\n

A BBC spokesman said \u201cfairness in pay is vital\u201d, adding:\u00a0\u201cA significant number of organisations have now published their gender pay figures showing that we are performing considerably better than many and are well below the national average.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlongside that, we have already conducted a independent judge led audit of pay for rank and file staff which showed \u2018no systemic discrimination against women<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cA separate report for on air staff will be published in the not too distant future.\u201d
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