Forbes’ rich list shows sport fails to respect women – let alone pay them properly
Back to Topic
Click to Print
Useful Websites
Glossary Term Selection
This article is 7 years old.
Click here to view the latest articles for this topic.
Until women are respected in the same way men are, such lists and the gender pay gap will not shift.
By Kate O’Halloran
Forbes has released its list of the top 100 paid athletes in the world with one glaring omission: not a single woman made the list. This is the first time this has happened since the list was expanded to at least 50 people in 2010. While perhaps unsurprising to some, this stark reality is a reminder of how far sport has to go when it comes to gender equity – and perhaps more...
Want to see the rest of this article?
Would you like to see the rest of this article and all the other benefits that Issues Online can provide with?
- Useful related articles
- Video and multimedia references
- Statistical information and reference material
- Glossary of terms
- Key Facts and figures
- Related assignments
- Resource material and websites
