Underinvestment and Inequality: The Deep Roots of FIFA’s Gender Problem
The women football development pattern keeps the world guessing in 2025, yet the economic pillar behind the trend is shaky. Victory Celebrity, although the...
FIFA’s Gender Pay Gap: The Persistent Barrier to Equality in Football
FIFA still faces criticism over the persistent gender pay gap between male and female footballers. Despite increased visibility of women’s football globally, financial parity...
Are FIFA’s labor protections for women players effective across all regions?
In 2025 FIFA updated and extended its women players work structure promising what the organization called baseline protections of maternity leave and parent health....
Behind the headlines: FIFA’s 2025 gender inclusion in women’s football lacks impact
Women's football continues to grow at an unprecedented pace, with 2025 marking another year of substantial financial and audience expansion. According to FIFA, the...
FIFA 2025: Undermining women’s football progress despite global growth and advocacy
Women's football has experienced significant global momentum, with 2025 projected to be its most commercially successful year yet. Global revenue for elite women’s football...
Leadership and pay: where does fifa’s gender opportunity promise fall short?
Even though FIFA has taken a public stand in bridging the gap between men and women players, financial inequality is imminent in a deep-lying...
Silence on the World Stage: Why Juventus Players Chose Not to Respond to Trump’s...
At what should have been a routine moment of diplomatic pageantry, silence spoke louder than words. During a high-profile White House visit ahead of...
Why Gender Segregation Makes Saudi Arabia Unfit to Host FIFA World Cup 2034
The FIFA World Cup is a celebration that is much more than a sporting event; it consolidates people together, preaching inclusivity, unity, and diversity....
Why Gender Segregation Makes Saudi Arabia an Unsuitable Host for FIFA World Cup 2034
The FIFA World Cup is one of the biggest events in the world, attracting thousands and thousands of spectators from all walks of life....
Women’s Rights Concerns in Germany: Why UEFA Should Look Elsewhere for Its Championship
Germany is one of the leading European nations. However, beneath this facade lies a disturbing reality regarding women's rights. The country still provides extremely...
FERW Worst Football Awards
FIFA has just run its 2023 annual awards. You can find out more about it at https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/the-best-fifa-football-awards
The Best FIFA Football Awards™ have been awarded...
10 Lessons from the World Cup
Now that the World Cup is over, we can take a step back and review the event in the round.
Here are ten lessons we...
Bonne chance, ref!
FERW congratulates the referee for today's Germany vs Costa Rica game for achieving a milestone for women in football.
Stéphanie Frappart from France had already...
FERW applauds Iranian team spirit
As the Group Stage in the World Cup progresses, it's already starting to become clear which are the teams that are going through and...
Armband shows why politics should be kept off the pitch
The armband controversy has now become a PR disaster for those pursuing it, as the clear breach of rules that this entails has been...
How clubs – and countries – can respond to Megan Rapinoe’s equal pay demands...
Megan Rapinoe joked she intends “never to pay for anything” around the future stars of women’s football who will benefit from her equal pay...
Real Madrid allowing Saudi Arabia to sponsor their women’s team is totally nonsensical –...
Real Madrid’s controversial sponsorship deal with Saudi Arabia is also expected to involve the women’s side.
According to The Times, leaked documents suggest the club...
Responce to FERW on women’s sport in the Middle East from the House of...
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It’s Still an Uphill Climb for Women’s Football in the MENA Region, by Lyn...
There is nothing that can rouse more emotions in sports than a Cinderella story. That is the reason why as fans we love to...
FIFA deadline looms for Iran to allow women attend football matches
(Radio Farda) - The international football association FIFA has set a deadline for Iran to allow women to enter sports arenas and watch men's...
Abuse and exploitation is rife in women’s football – it’s time to act
(Independent) - The global culture of football is at a crossroads. The Women's World Cup in France has shown us so much that is good and inspiring about the...
FERW approves Infantino’s proposal to expand Women’s World Cup & double prize money
FIFA Ethics and Regulations Watch (FERW) strongly supports FIFA's President's initiative to expand the Women’s World Cup finals to 32 teams from 24 and...
FIFA statement on recent comments made relating to sexual abuse cases in Afghanistan
(FIFA) - Following recent comments made relating to sexual abuse cases in Afghanistan, FIFA would like to provide the following statement:
“In early 2018, FIFA...
Dutch FA criticises FIFA over Women’s World Cup prize money
(NLTimes.nl) - Dutch football association KNVB is critical of the amount in prize money FIFA made available for the Women's World Cup - a...
FIFA says wrong to stop Iran activists in World Cup stadiums
(FOXSports) - It was wrong to remove people campaigning for women to be allowed into Iranian soccer stadiums from a Women’s World Cup game...
FIFA takes positive steps in women’s game strategy
(DailyMail) - When FIFA released its global strategy for women's soccer last year, it was met with some scepticism. But the sport's governing body is...
FERW hails FIFA’s move to add new women’s football awards
FIFA Ethics and Regulations Watch (FERW) strongly supports FIFA's decision to add two female awards to their Best FIFA ceremony in Milan in September.
On...
FERW calls on FIFA to fight for women’s rights in football
FIFA Ethics and Regulations Watch (FERW) strongly believes that FIFA should take stronger action to protect women's rights in football.
Recently, there has been a...
FERW calls on FIFA to fight against sexual abuse of Afghan women’s team
FIFA Ethics and Regulations Watch (FERW) strongly believes that FIFA should take stronger action against Afghanistan's football officials over sexual assault on members of...
Saudi ban on women fans from Italian Super Cup is “Sad” and requires FIFA’s...
FIFA Ethics and Regulations Watch (FERW) opposes the Saudi Arabia’s decision to ban Male-unaccompanied women attending the Italian Super Cup. The action of Saudi...
