The UJF’s equality programme aims to bring about operative equality plans for as many work communities of journalists as possible to develop payroll systems that support equal pay for women and men to ensure the equal deployment of women and men in the union’s shop steward and other positions to generate a pro-gender equality climate in the media sector, and to promote recognition of gender equality perspectives in journalism. The UJF is a gender equality union the union’s members comprise almost equal numbers of men and women the union board includes both men and women promoting gender equality is an integral part of the union’s work.