She selected Beyoncé's "Run The World (Girls)" as her first desert island song.
"Beyoncé's message that women can run the world, that women should run the world, her message that she's the boss ― I think is super important for not just women, but little girls and boys to hear."
We should support women early on in tandem with demanding workplaces be free of gender discrimination, Sandberg continued.
"We need to start paying women well, and we need the public and the corporate policy to get there," she said. "Certainly, women applying for jobs at the same rate as men, women running for office at the same rate as men, that has got to be part of the answer."
American women face a pay gap in every single state and lose out on a combined total of more than $840 billion each year, on average, according to the National Partnership for Women and Families.Overall, women employed full time, year-round in the U.S. earn 80 cents for every dollar men earn ― and it's even worse for women of color.
The problem is not exclusive to the U.S. Ironically, the channel that broadcast Sandberg's interview, the BBC, recently disclosed a significant gender gap among its own on-air stars. According to the data it released earlier this month, women make up just one-third of on-air talent earning above 150,000 pounds (around $197,000). While the highest paid male BBC star earns between 2.2 million pounds and 2.5 million pounds a year, the highest paid woman earns just 450,000 to 500,000 pounds annually.
