by admin | Sep 15, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The U.S. Soccer Federation said it had offered identical contract proposals Tuesday to the players’ associations for the men’s and women’s national teams, and the governing body said it would refuse to agree to a deal in which World Cup prize money is not equalized....
by admin | Sep 13, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
U.S. Soccer Federation president Cindy Parlow Cone on Friday sent an open letter asking the unions of the women’s and men’s national teams to agree to equalize FIFA’s World Cup prize money. She called for the men’s national team to allow the...
by admin | Sep 13, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Emma Raducanu’s goal before her first-round qualifying match at the US Open three weeks ago was to win enough prize money to replace a pair of AirPods she had lost. After winning the entire tournament — and $2.5 million in prize money — the 18-year-old Brit can...
by admin | Sep 6, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
A viral video of the makeshift weight rooms at this year’s NCAA March Madness tournament, posted by University of Oregon’s Sedona Prince, gained national attention for encapsulating the gender disparity that exists between men’s and women’s...
by admin | Sep 2, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
Soccer pro Megan Rapinoe stars in “LFG,” a film that explores the US Women’s National Team’s fight for equal pay. Read More
by admin | Sep 2, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has collected $6.3 million in prize money this year. If he wins his fourth U.S. Open on Sept. 12, he will add $2.5 million to his tally, as will the women’s champion. But the millions and private jets associated with the sport’s elite don’t...
by admin | Aug 26, 2021 | Leadership, Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The demand for women’s sports is growing, but women’s sports fans and consumers already knew that. The NWSL and WNBA were the only professional sports leagues in North America to experience increased TV ratings during 2020 amid the pandemic. Star athletes like Naomi...
by admin | Aug 26, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
When King won her first Wimbledon in 1966, she received less than half of the prize money her male counterpart did. “I didn’t have any idea we were going to get different prize money,” she said on the 2013 PBS documentary “American...
by admin | Aug 26, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The phrase “You have to see it to be it” is often used when women talk about breaking down barriers and inspiring the next generation. The 1999 U.S. women’s soccer team paved the way for Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan and Carli Lloyd. Nancy Lieberman, Cheryl Miller and...
by admin | Aug 11, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Kristen Hamilton has won three National Women’s Soccer League championships, tied the record for goals scored in a game and, in 2019, played for the U.S. women’s national team. She’s not a household name, but she is one of the best women’s soccer players in the world....
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