Coupe du monde 2023 : pourquoi les footballeuses sont plus engagées que les hommes ?
Hors des terrains, les joueuses prennent plus souvent la parole que leurs homologues masculins sur des sujets comme les droits humains ou les conditions de travail. Alors que la Coupe du monde s’ouvre le 20 juillet, retour sur les combats des footballeuses.
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00:00 you need to do better for everyone.
00:01 In football, women's teams are more committed than men.
00:04 Human rights, wages, working conditions and sexual assaults
00:07 are the focus of the World Cup, which starts on July 20th.
00:10 We'll talk about the fights of the footballers.
00:12 But first, why this commitment?
00:14 According to the New Zealand media Stuff,
00:16 the main reason is that the players had to impose themselves
00:19 in a sector dominated by men,
00:20 and therefore fight from the start and throughout their careers.
00:23 For the New Zealand player Ali Riley,
00:25 this World Cup will not be an exception.
00:27 I know that the tournament players will speak up
00:29 for the causes that are important to them.
00:31 It's something we would like to see more
00:33 among the players of the World Cup.
00:35 Footballers regularly speak up to defend women's rights,
00:40 but also those of the LGBTQI+ people.
00:42 At the head of this fight,
00:43 the American lesbian champion Megan Rapinoe.
00:46 She and her team even refused to go to the White House,
00:49 then occupied by Donald Trump,
00:51 after winning the World Cup in 2019.
00:53 Your message is excluding people.
00:55 You're excluding me, you're excluding people that look like me,
00:59 you're excluding people of colour,
01:01 you're excluding, you know, Americans that maybe support you.
01:05 And when rumors announced Saudi Arabia,
01:07 criticized for disrespecting human rights
01:09 as a potential sponsor of the World Cup,
01:11 the opposition was clear.
01:12 For Dutch striker Vivianne Miedema,
01:15 FIFA should be ashamed, really,
01:17 while Alex Morgan, the star of the American national team,
01:20 describes the possible sponsoring as "abhorrent" and "scandalous".
01:23 In the end, Saudi Arabia is not a sponsor of this edition.
01:26 The World Cup
01:28 People pay, people pay!
01:30 The Jamaican team had to open a crowdfunding
01:32 to participate in the World Cup,
01:34 a shouting symbol of the contrast with men's football.
01:36 It's absolutely shocking
01:38 that we're in a position where teams are having to beg
01:40 to be able to reach a major tournament.
01:43 In Canada, the 2021 Olympic team
01:45 threatened to strike this winter.
01:47 The players accused the National Federation
01:49 of not supporting them properly
01:50 and even went to plead with the Parliament.
01:52 Now I don't even get disappointed by it anymore,
01:54 I just get angry about it
01:55 because it's time, it's 2023,
01:58 we won the damn Olympic Games.
02:00 A temporary agreement was then reached with the Federation.
02:04 Sometimes, the fight pays.
02:05 In 2022, the American team signed an agreement
02:08 guaranteeing equal pay
02:09 between the male and female teams.
02:11 The prize for the World Cup
02:12 is also equally distributed between men and women.
02:15 We are the champions!
02:19 Beyond the salary,
02:22 the players protest for a better consideration
02:24 of their mental health.
02:26 The French players had thus obtained
02:27 the withdrawal of their coach Corinne Diac,
02:29 criticized for her management.
02:31 In Spain, 15 players asked for the resignation
02:33 of their coach to improve their health and mental state.
02:36 The Federation refused to hear them.
02:38 As a result, some players decided
02:40 not to participate in the World Cup, like Mapilléon.
02:42 I would be really disgusted
02:43 not to participate in the World Cup,
02:45 but my values are more important.
02:47 Haiti, Venezuela, Zambia, Ireland,
02:51 Argentina, the United States, Colombia,
02:53 all over the world, players denounced sexual assaults.
02:56 I think we underestimate the extent
02:58 of the assaults committed in the world of football.
03:00 Current measures do not allow to prevent them,
03:03 to conduct investigations worthy of this name
03:05 and finally to support the victims and survivors.
03:07 said Jonas Behrofman,
03:08 general secretary of the FIFBRO,
03:10 a union representing 65,000 footballers in the world.
03:13 This World Cup will also mark the return
03:15 of the Irish player Sinéad Fairley
03:17 after 6 years away from the pitch.
03:19 She had stated that she had been assaulted
03:20 by coach Paul Reilly.
03:22 He was indignant and is now challenging her charges.
03:25 These protests are making progress,
03:27 but they are still slow.
03:28 If FIFA increased the budget
03:30 to reward players,
03:31 which has increased from 30 to 110 million dollars
03:34 in 4 years, it is still 4 times higher
03:36 for the men's teams.
03:37 Proof that the race for equality
03:39 is far from over.
03:40 (upbeat music)