At the 61st Commission on the Status of Women, many complexities of the issue were well stated: “This stubborn inequality in the average wages between men and women persists in all countries and across all sectors, because women’s work is undervalued and women tend to be concentrated in different jobs than men. World YWCA echoes the board of the YWCA Aotearoa New Zealand in noting that the recent repeal of core provisions of Aotearoa’s pay equity legislation is more than a policy change. A statement on the equal pay law changes by young women leaders of YWCA Aotearoa New Zealand: https://www.ywca.org.nz/our-stories/ywca-aotearoa-new-zealand-statement-on-equal-pay-law-changes/