On the eve of the Women's World Cup final, the international players' union launched initiatives to fight gender inequality in world soccer.
VANCOUVER – On the eve of Sunday’s Women’s World Cup final, world soccer’s players' union FIFPro unveiled several global outreach initiatives to increase its membership of female players around the world.
The initiatives include the opportunity for female professional players to become direct members of FIFPro alongside their male counterparts, as well as the establishment of a new female players advisory board that will aim to improve the working conditions for female professionals.
“We know that most of the members of FIFPro are men and we also know the fact that women have not always had access to the best representation provided by our (union) members,” FIFPro secretary-general Theo van Seggelen said at Friday’s press conference in downtown Vancouver.