Fair play: On bridging the gender pay gap in sports
Courtesy: The Hindu
Equal pay in sports will bring in more women as players and fans
♦️New Zealand Cricket striking a deal to remunerate (भुगतान किया है) its women cricketers the same as their male counterparts (समकक्ष) is a major landmark (सीमाचिह्न, निशान, भूमि-चिह्न, विभेदक चिह्न) in the fight to close the gender pay gap in sports. From August, New Zealand’s men and women players will be entitled to the same match fees, both at the international and domestic levels. This comes four months after the United States’ women’s national footballers won the six-year-long battle with their federation (महासंघ) to secure equal compensation (क्षतिपूर्ति). The agreements (समझौता, शर्त, सुलह) are expected to be game changers, encouraging more girls to take up the sports. As New Zealand captain Sophie Devine said, “It’s great to be recognised in the same agreement, alongside the men. It’s a massive step forward and will be a huge drawcard for young women and girls.” But victories in equal pay struggles have not come easy. Tennis moved first because of the untiring efforts of Billie Jean King, who pressured US Open to shell out the same for men and women back in 1973. That it took another 34 years for the other three Grand Slam tournaments to come around, with Wimbledon the last in 2007, shows the road is still uphill (ऊपर की ओर). Football, basketball and golf remain holdouts. Seen in this context (The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed), the decisions in New Zealand and the U.S. appear seismic.
♦️Barriers to bridging (फर्श, छत या रास्ते के बीच उन्हें रखने के लिए एक ब्रेस या व्यवस्था) the pay gap have come from various quarters. In tennis, the sporting argument (बहस) that men play best-of-five-set matches at the Majors while the women best-of-three is often made. In cricket, any move to narrow the monetary gap between men and women, especially in India, is dithered (घबराहट) over by citing lower market ratings for the ladies’ game. But it would be prudent (विवेकी) to focus on the factors that are holding women back — unequal opportunities, curtailed playing time and lack of investment. Historically, men taking to sport and following sport have been organic exercises, largely because of social conditioning. Women, on the other hand, have been forced to internalise that sporting participation and fandom (प्रशंसक) are not for them. The need of the hour is to eliminate such barriers (रुकावट) and improve access. The prime example in India is the success of Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu, who benefited from a reasonably well-structured system, found success and rose to become highly paid stars in their own right. It will also help if the terms of the debate are widened. Reducing the pay gap is also about being fair and respectful, and recognising the effort and excellence women bring to sport. It is time the vicious cycle of fewer women accessing sports, fewer women becoming professionals and hence fewer women having commercial opportunities is broken and the glacial (बहुत ठंडा) pace of the journey towards pay parity hastened (जल्दी करना).
Courtesy: The Hindu
Important Word List With Meaning
1.Bridging (Noun)
Hindi Meaning - फर्श, छत या रास्ते के बीच उन्हें रखने के लिए एक ब्रेस या व्यवस्था।
English Meaning - A brace or an arrangement fixed between floors, roofs or pathway to keep them in place.
2.Remunerate (Verb)
Hindi Meaning - भुगतान किया है
English Meaning - To pay an equivalent for a service, loss, or expense.
3.Counterpart (Noun)
Hindi Meaning - समकक्ष
English Meaning - A person resembling another person in function.
4.Landmark (Noun)
Hindi Meaning - सीमाचिह्न, निशान, भूमि-चिह्न, विभेदक चिह्न
English Meaning - An object such as a stone that marks the boundary of the land.
5.Compensation (Noun)
Hindi Meaning - क्षतिपूर्ति
English Meaning - An act of rewarding someone or making up for someone’s loss or damage.
6.Federation (Noun)
Hindi Meaning - महासंघ
English Meaning - The political entity formed by uniting smaller entities.
7.Agreement (Noun)
Hindi Meaning - समझौता, शर्त, सुलह
English Meaning - The act of agreeing to a mutual decision.
8.Uphill (Adverb)
Hindi Meaning - ऊपर की ओर
English Meaning - Upward on a hill.
9.Fandom (Noun)
Hindi Meaning - प्रशंसक
English Meaning - The state or condition of being a fan of someone or something.
10.Hasten (Verb)
Hindi Meaning - जल्दी करना
English Meaning - Be quick to do something.
11.Glacial (Adjective)
Hindi Meaning - बहुत ठंडा
English Meaning - Relating to, resulting from, or denoting the presence or agency of ice, especially in the form of glaciers.
12.Prudent (Adjective)
Hindi Meaning - विवेकी
English Meaning - Sensible in action and thought
13.Dither (Noun)
Hindi Meaning - घबराहट
English Meaning - Indecisive behavior
14.Argument (Noun)
Hindi Meaning - बहस
English Meaning - An exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one.
15.Barrier (Noun)
Hindi Meaning - रुकावट
English Meaning - Obstruction
16.Context (Noun)
English Meaning - The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.
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