What the women's World Cup 2023 says about gender equality? (EN)

In many countries, Football Associations banned women from any affiliated grounds for years, stating that the game was “quite unsuitable for females”, such as the UK, France, Spain, Germany, Nigeria, and Brazil.

As 2023 brings a Women's World Cup, a struggle continues off the soccer pitch that many are aware of; that is, the struggle against the gaping gender-based in the industry as well as other inequalities at the sport.

In this podcast, we talk about the 2023 Women's World Cup and how it relates to gender equality. How can women’s football prize get to the next level?
Do we need sanctions and threats to push national football federations to apply gender-equal measures to develop women’s football? What football can mean for gender equality in the first Women's World Cup at the senior level for Haiti?

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Guests:

Yvon Severe, a Member of the Standardization Committee of the Haitian Football Federation

Catherine Ordway, a Sport Integrity Research Lead at the University of Canberra & Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne Law School

Heather Reid, a former Australian football administrator, a Football Federation Australia board member, and vice chair

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