Tag: women football

• Saturday, July 15th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

  Brazilian civil servants granted time off to watch women's football World Cup

  

  Brazil's government will allow federal public servants to take time off work to watch the women's national football team play the upcoming World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, Agencia Brasil reported. The tournament takes place between July 20 and August 20. The measure is already customary for the men's squad games.

• Thursday, September 3rd 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Brazilian Football Confederation approves equal pay for women and men's national teams

  

  The Brazilian Football Confederation says it agreed in March to pay women’s national team players the same as their peers on the men’s side, it was reported Wednesday. Brazil thus becomes one of the few countries to adopt an equal pay policy for both women’s and men’s football.