The pledges countries make to the UN are about as meaningful as the resolutions the UN issued regarding Palestine. It’s all just symbolic.

I’ve always been skeptical about the idea of enforcing equal pay in general as a method of ensuring equality unless the company/institution has specific rules on the salary for each job, and the effect of seniority and such. I think most don’t.

Where I work, there are people who make more money having worked less years than others with the same job title, and I think this is a good thing.

Seniority shouldn’t automatically mean more pay, better performance should (although it’s not always measured objectively).