Important moments for women at the Men’s World Championships

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Unexpected result: the US men’s team reached the playoffs of the 1/8 finals of the tournament. Soccer World Cup in Qatar is that the US women’s national team will receive the largest collective salary, splitting the $13 million winnings equally with the men.

It’s a big deal for American women who have long-awaited pay equityand it reinforces the extremely sliding scale of women’s rights around the world.

Consider that this American women’s payday was won when the US men’s team defeated Iran, the country where the power brutally suppressing the protests of women who want basic human rights.

The US women’s team excelled in football and fought hard for years for equal pay.

The income they share with American men could grow if men continued promotion to the World Cup.

This is the result of an unprecedented equal pay agreement struck earlier this year. More about the prize fund.

FIFA pays higher amounts to men’s tournaments, which generate more revenue for the international football governing body, than women’s tournaments. The agreement between the men and women of the United States is unique.

“For everyone, this should show how big the disparity that FIFA has created between their value of women’s football and men’s football, and this is the only way to get justice if all parties agreed – and they did,” said Briana Scarri. , former US goaltender, speaking on CNN on Wednesday.

The US men’s national team not only moved forward to earn a paycheck, but agreed to this unprecedented dispute with top American women earlier this year.

“These are the IX title men,” Christine Brennan, sportswriter and CNN analyst, said of the US men’s team during an appearance on CNN Tonight on Tuesday. She meant landmark law of 1972 what forbids gender discrimination in educational programs or activities receiving federal funds. This revolutionized women’s sports in the US and, Brennan argued, affected male athletes as well.

“They were brought up differently than their fathers or grandfathers. And they have a very different view, not only of women’s equality in terms of pay, but also that these are the same men who spoke about supporting Iranian protesters, ”Brennan said.

She praised United States Football Federation and the men’s national team, who excelled not only in moving forward, but “even more so in terms of our culture and the positions they have taken”.

Iranian women, as you will learn from the following coverage of protests in that country and at the World Cup, are fighting for basic rights.

CNN reported on the celebration in Iran of the defeat of the national team from the United States. From this report:

“I’m happy that the government is losing to the people,” one witness to the celebration in a town in the Kurdish region, who was not named by CNN for security reasons, told CNN on Wednesday.

Norway-based Iranian human rights group Hengaw has posted several videos of similar scenes. “People in Pava are celebrating the defeat of the Iranian team by America at the World Cup in Qatar, they are chanting “Down with Jash (traitors),” Hengau wrote in his post.

Meanwhile in Doha, Qatar, another milestone for women in the world’s most popular sport will come on Thursday when women’s judging panel in the history of the world championships among men makes his debut in the decisive match between Germany and Costa Rica.

Stephanie Frappart, French official, already watched matches at the top levels of European club football, so “I know how to handle it,” she said in a statement released by FIFA. This matchup with a potential audience of one billion will feature a woman in the lead.

If American men and women are on track for some sort of parity – men still get a lot more from their clubs – there are women in the Middle East who have just gained access to the field.

The Saudi Arabian men’s team performed well at this World Cup. the defeat of the legendary Argentina in the first round. But the Saudis failed to make it past the group stage after losing to Mexico on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, women in saudi arabia were alone allowed in football stadiums play much less in 2018.

As Saudi Arabia considers a joint bid to host the 2030 Men’s World Cup, the kingdom is also at the initial stages of the formation of the national women’s team. Of course, it will be many years before Saudi women can become competitive on the world stage, but just being able to play is certainly progress.

Becky Anderson of CNN, who reports from Doha during this World Cup, spoke to the German women’s team. legend Monika Staab who coaches nascent Saudi women’s national team. She said that the kingdom is developing its women in three development academies and wants to hold an international tournament in 2026.

Staab said the all-female refereeing team at Thursday’s match in Qatar will become a powerful symbol for Muslim women.

“Women can do the same as men,” Staab said Wednesday night on CNN International. “I think this is a big sign for the whole world. We are in Saudi Arabia, we play football. It has a big impact on every Muslim girl who wants to play,” Staab said.

In the US, women’s football has at times attracted more attention than men’s.

O 14 million American viewers I watched the Women’s World Cup. final with the winner Team USA 2019. It was more than watching the men’s World Cup. final between France and Croatia in 2018 but much lower 20 million views USA took on England in the group stage last Saturday via Fox and Telemundo.