Samira Ahmed has successfully sued the BBC for sexual discrimination. The presenter argued that her pay for presenting Newswatch should have been on a par with that of Jeremy Vine, who presented Points of View.

The economic inequality in general is a subject often talked about. But what is usually ignored is the gender pay inequality.

Women still hold only 23.6 percent of board seats globally.

Iceland has become the first country to make it illegal to pay men more than women, an example that rights activists say other countries should follow.

The European Commission has proposed a two-year plan for closing the gender pay gap after finding little improvement in the past five years.

Women activists in the UK dismiss government's plan to address the gender pay gap as insufficient.