Brazil women footballers will henceforth receive equal renumeration as their male counterparts according to the country’s Football Association president Rogerio Caboclo.
“There will be no more gender difference in remuneration between men and women. Brazil’s female players such as Marta will be paid the same as Neymar, Gabriel Jesus and Roberto Firmino.
“The CBF has equalled the prize money and allowances between men’s and women’s football, which means the women players will earn the same as the men,” said the federation’s president on Wednesday, September 2.
Brazil have announced they will become one of the few nations to pay their women's and men's football teams equally.
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) September 3, 2020
And Brazil now becomes the latest country to adopt such a policy which is already in place in Norway, New Zealand and Australia.
However, in celebration of the International Women’s Day earlier in the year, the political councilor to the British High Commissioner, Dominic Williams, urged young journalists to change the narrative on the portrayal of women in the media.
Williams made the call on Saturday, March 7 during the second International Youth media day in Abuja, stressing that the media has an enormous influence on the issue of gender equality.
The event was organised to promote using the media as a veritable tool to project equality and give credence to the importance of women to society. Williams advised media practitioners not to follow the existing stereotypical portrayal of women in the society rather they should get a balance in their reportage of gender-related issues.
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