With the approaching Women's World Cup putting greater focus on their game, Latin American women soccer players are calling attention to issues like pay and harassment.
"Their situation, it's better in terms that they're fairly organized, they've got social media audiences that really support them," Elsey said."They have connections to the feminist movement that they haven't had in the past. A lot of this, I think, you could also chalk it up to the dynamism of the Ni Una Menos, and the feminist movements in Latin America that have changed the idea of what is feminism, and are including a lot more things like women's sports.
In a friendly between Puerto Rico and Argentina last August, Puerto Rican players stopped after kickoff, gathered together and pointed to their ears in a gesture suggesting their complaints about funding for the women's team weren't being heard. Some players claimed they were never paid for World Cup qualifying matches.
Some of the players adopted the hashtag #fromnowon as video of their protest quickly spread on social media. "We're right now just asking for the basics," Puerto Rico midfielder Nicole Rodriguez said."Like fields to practice on that aren't waterlogged, and that we're not the second-choice clubs to have priority. We want friendly games so we can continue to improve our FIFA ranking and be adequately prepared. And camps, like four camps a year. We don't have any of that.
The U.S. women's national team took its high-profile pursuit for equitable pay to federal court earlier this year, alleging gender discrimination in a lawsuit filed against the U.S. Soccer Federation. The U.S. team is among several national teams, including those for Australia, Norway and Denmark, that have publicly fought for better pay and playing conditions.FIFA, soccer's international governing body, last fall released its ambitious global strategy to grow women's soccer.
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