Brazil, women footballers win the gender equality match
Rights — di Andrea Barolini
The Brazilian football federation has decided to introduce equal pay and allowances for the women's and men's national teams.
Brazil, women footballers win the gender equality match
The Brazilian football federation has decided to introduce equal pay and allowances for the women's and men's national teams.
From now on, the feats of Neymar and Roberto Firmino will be worth just as much as those of Marta Vieira da Silva. The players of the Brazilian women's national team will, in fact, receive identical prizes and allowances to their male counterparts. The news was made official on Wednesday 2 September by the sports federation of the South American country.
Na íntegra a fala do presidente Rogério Caboclo sobre essa conquista histórica do futebol feminino e um grande passo a frente: a igualdade nos valores entre homens e mulheres!!!
Vast gaps remain between men's and women's club contracts
At a purely financial level, it is well known that the majority of the (considerable) sums of money pocketed by football stars come from clubs. Liverpool, Barcelona, Juventus, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich: it is they who sign athletes to contracts and guarantee them astronomical earnings. But the decision of the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol remains enormously important from a symbolic standpoint in any case.
The president of the organisation that manages Brazilian football, Rogerio Caboclo, explained at a press conference that "the women players will earn the same figures as the men. There will be no more gender differences." This would apply from the Olympic Games and the World Cup (scheduled for 2023) onwards.
Brazil women's head coach: "A historic moment for women footballers"
Among the first to comment on the development was the Brazil women's national team manager, Pia Sundhage. Wearing a face mask in front of journalists, she declared: "I hope everyone can see my smile just by looking into my eyes. It is something historic and it is wonderful to be part of this moment."
An identical decision had already been taken back in November 2019 by the Football Federation Australia. There is still a long way to go, however: one need only consider that the American world champions turned to a judge to obtain equal pay to the men, but the court rejected the claim.