i think the comments from jenny infantino, they kind of reinforce that there is a lack of understandingncounter on a day—to—day basis —— gianni infantino, because it is not wholly the response ability of women is to push down doors that are shut. there needs to be real consideration and investment and intend to open those doors for female footballers because it is not their responsibility to push those down, in my opinion. i think that equal pay is not a slogan and actually it is not something that should actually be — it is often used as a mask. you see our federations being like we are stamping equal pay on our women's, men's and national team and actually it is often used as a mask for really poor conditions so i think i'm quite happy for the equal pay to be called a slogan because i think we need to look at the whole holistic picture of players, conditions, compensation, protector dialogue for players, that is really important for us as feefa. it is something that can be used but also something that is super important —— fifa. alex there from the players union. as alex said, the iss

i think the comments from jenny gianni infantino show more broadly the struggles women encounter on atball players to push down doors that shut. there needs to be strategic considerations and a real investment and intent to open those doors for women footballers, because it is not their responsibility to push doors down in my opinion. i think that equal pay is not a slogan and actually, it is not something that should actually be—it is often used as a mask. you have seen federations be like" we are stamping equal pay on our women's and men's national team", and actually it is often used as a mask for really poor condition. so i think, i am quite happy for the equal pay to be called a slogan because i think we need to look at the whole, holistic picture of players' conditions, compensation, projected dialogue for players, that is really important to us at fifpro, it is something that can be used to progress wash but it is also super important. alex culvin, head of strategy and research for women's football at fifpro, the global players' union. as she said there, the issues we're talkin

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