Equal pay in women's sports

Equal pay in women's sports: The challenge for female athletes

A recent CNN analysis found that internationally, women playing in the 2023 World Cup earn 25 cents to the dollar of men, a quadruple jump from ...

The Fight for Equal Pay in Women's Sports

Women are fighting back, working towards the day when pay equality is achieved. Here are five athletes, teams and leagues that are leading the charge.

Male vs. Female Professional Sports Salary Comparison

This stark disparity has hardly budged for over a decade: the pay gap between men and women has sat between 80% and 84% since 2004. The gap ...

Women's World Cup 2023 – Equal Pay for Women in and Out of Sports

The goal of this Insight is to examine pay treatment based on gender in countries with teams headed to the Round of 16.

Five things to know about women and sport

In 2022, the US Women's National Soccer Team secured a landmark equal pay settlement after a years-long legal battle that set an equal pay rate ...

What Should Be Done About the Gender Pay Gap in Sports?

“Right now we're seeing that even if you're the best, women are not paid their fair share,” he said. “It's time that we give our daughters the ...

Women's Sports Thrive but Unequal Pay Continues - The Express

Women's Sports Thrive but Unequal Pay Continues. Despite women's sports making progress and finally getting the recognition they deserve, women ...

Historic Win for Women's Equality in Sports

Following unanimous passage last week by the U.S. Senate, tonight the U.S. House passed the bipartisan Equal Pay for Team USA Act, ...

Billie Jean King on her legendary career and fight for equal pay in ...

Billie Jean King on her legendary career and fight for equal pay in women's sports ... Today, some women's tennis players are among the highest- ...

Pay Women Athletes the Compensation They're Due - Ms. Magazine

Nearly all women aside from a few select basketball players would be paid around $125, while thousands of male football players and basketball ...

Gender pay gap in sport – disparity, progress and the way forward?

The US open was the first of the four major tournaments to award men and women equal prize money after tennis legend Billie Jean King threatened ...

Equal pay in women's sports: The challenge for female athletes

In hockey, about half of Team USA holds second and third jobs to pay the bills despite training and playing year-round.

Moments paving the way for gender equality in sport - Olympics

In September 2018, the World Surf League announced that women would receive the same prize money as the men. It was a move which came in ...

Equal Pay for Team USA - Senate Commerce Committee

The bill guarantees equal pay and benefits for all athletes who represent the United States in global athletic competitions.

What the US soccer equal pay case means for sports

After six years of legal action, the US Women Soccer Players Association has recently won a settlement on discrimination and unequal pay.

U.S. soccer has equal gender pay. Will other sports follow?

The U.S. men's and women's soccer teams will operate under separate collective bargaining agreements, but every player will get the same amount ...

Gender pay gap in sports - Wikipedia

Gender pay gap in sports is the persistence of unequal pay in sports, particularly for female athletes who do not receive equal revenue compared to their ...

House of Representatives passes equal pay bill for U.S. women ...

The House of Representatives has passed a bill that ensures equal compensation for US women competing in international events.

Gender equality in sports: (Slowly) changing the game

INEQUALITY IN PAY AND MEDIA COVERAGE. A total of 83 % of sports now award men and women equal prize money. Notwithstanding the fact that the gender pay gap ...

Growing fan interest doesn't mean better pay for women athletes. Yet.

“What we found was that women athletes make 21 times less [on average] than men athletes on the field of play,” Lavielle said. Many of those ...