Women’s Soccer Vulnerable to COVID-19
Economic downturns have always negatively impacted women’s soccer — how do we protect women’s soccer today from the ravishes of the Coronavirus COVID-19?
A new
FIFPRO paper warns that the growth of professional women’s football and evolution into a strong and viable industry is threatened by the implications of COVID-19.
The absence of basic worker protections and global industry standards for working conditions in women’s football also means the livelihoods of female players are extremely vulnerable.
The view is part of FIFPRO’s paper
COVID-19: Implications for Professional Women’s Football.
The current economic standstill could ultimately result in insolvencies of otherwise profitable and stable clubs across many markets, the paper says, adding the sector faces “an...