83% of sports, such as tennis and athletics, now pay equal prize money to its sports stars, however football doesn’t. Statistics from a BBC study show football has retained the biggest disparity between prize money for men and women, especially between the Premier League and the Women's Super League.
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As of October 7th 2017, Norway historically became the first nation to offer equal pay for both its men and women's international football teams. And at club level, Lewes FC in Brighton, has become the first professional football team to pay its women the same as its men.
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This seven minute radio documentary, titled 'Equal pay for equal play: football's fight for financial equality', looks at how female footballers can be paid the same as male ones and what needs to happen to increase pay for women.
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This documentary is produced by Oliver Dyer and speaks to a range of interviewees both internationally and domestically.
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“Norway were the first country to do it [introduce equal pay]…
It shows it’s possible and hopefully we will encourage more [countries] to increase the amount we pay to women.”