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In the World Economic Forum’s 2023 Global Gender Gap Index, which measures gender parity across economic opportunities, education, health and political leadership in 146 countries, South Korea is ranked 105th.

The league’s overarching philosophy since its founding has been parity, a goal its byzantine salary rules were designed to support.

She said she cannot see any other option other than industrial action if pay parity is not met but said it will ultimately be the choice of members.

Brenda Stevenson of Unite the Union said her members are “not prepared to take anything less than pay parity”.

“We have been promised time and time again since 2019 that Northern Ireland will not go out of pay parity with the rest of the UK,” she told BBC’s Good Morning Ulster.