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The 2019 Women’s Football World Cup was the most watched women’s football tournament in history. But the average FA Women’s Super League player earns just 2 percent of what the average Premier league player earns. This episode of The Rundown by HuffPost asks why are women paid less in sport and what will have to change for there to be equal pay for female athletes.
In 1971, 14 Lionesses headed to Mexico for the Women's World Cup. Despite not qualifying for the knock-out stage, they came home optimistic for the future of women's football in the UK. Not long after their return, however, the team disbanded due to the Football Association's restrictions on women playing professional football.
US President Donald Trump gave his State of the Union Address this week. But watching him was a “wave of suffragette white” as the Democratic Women’s Working Group sent a message of solidarity with women around the country. Members of the group say that many of the Trump administration’s policies are harmful to women.
The year 1918 saw 8.4 million women get the vote after the Representation Of The People Act was passed. Later that year, on 21 November, the Parliament (Qualification of Women Act) gave women the right to stand for election as an MP. One hundred years later, we’ve still got a long way to go.
New Zealand is celebrating 125 years of women’s suffrage after they were the first country in the world to give women the vote in 1893.
A new London bar is putting women at the forefront of its wine list, choosing to stock a majority of labels that are made by female winemakers. Lady of the Grapes says it wants to celebrate the expertise of women throughout the industry.
There hasn’t been an equivalent race for women since the 1980s. This group finished a day before the men.
Let’s fight for full equality together -After celebrating International Women’s Day, let’s keep supporting all women; cis women, trans women, women of all genders and none