A senior BBC journalist who quit her post to protest the media company's gender pay gap argued Wednesday that management is hurting the corporation's credibility by failing to address the issue.
Carrie Gracie, the broadcaster's former China editor, testified before a British parliamentary committee that BBC managers have treated women who speak out about pay "as some sort of enemy."
Gracie said once confronted, the corporation tried to "throw money at me to resolve the problem."
"This will not resolve my problem," she said. "My problem will be resolved by an acknowledgement my work was of equal value to the men I served alongside."
Gracie resigned in early January after learning that male colleagues in similar jobs had much higher salaries. Gracie said she told the BBC: "I demand to be paid equally."
Tensions over pay flared last summer when the BBC released a list of top earners, which showed that many high-profile More
