More investment in women's sport is needed if female athletes are to see the same sort of financial windfall as their male counterparts, one academic says. The issue of women's remuneration in sport is getting attention because the World Cup-winning netballers will pick up no prize money. The Silver Ferns are the second-best-paid sportswomen in the country, behind the Black Ferns sevens. Leberman said the lack of prize money was symptomatic of a lack of investment in women's sport by broadcasters, governments and sponsors. In the US, the World Cup-winning women's football team is fighting for pay equity, and has now been backed by sponsor Proctor & Gamble.

Source: Stuff July 22, 2019 02:02 UTC