The Brazilian judiciary should work on compelling businesses to pay equal wages for men and women in the same roles, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday.
In an event marking International Women's Day, Lula also presented a bill to promote wage equality between women and men, among other measures directed toward women.
"Whoever works in the same post, with the same abilities, has the right to earn the same salary," Lula added.
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