FIFPRO report highlights poor treatment of women's footballers in World Cup qualifying

A FIFPRO report found that women's footballers face disparities in their qualifying tournaments for the World Cup including lack of pay and safeguards.
Only 40% of players view themselves as professional footballers and 29% have not been paid to play in qualifiers.
Players reported having to take unpaid leave from their jobs to compete and felt they were not paid enough.
Over half the players said they did not receive medical exams before qualifiers and most felt more was needed to support their well-being.
FIFPRO is urging confederations to adopt a standard qualifying structure to remedy these issues.