The world is watching and the playing field is far from level.
Welcome to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, where players work just as hard, but earn less and win smaller prizes than the men.
That inequality — women face a 75% gender pay gap at the World Cup alone — is propelling elite players to form unions and make a collective push for parity where persuasion has failed.
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