Mexico Backs Bill For Fairer Pay For Women In Sport; Details Inside

 



Committees in the Mexican Senate have adopted a measure to prohibit gender-based wage discrimination and provide equal compensation for women participating in sports.

Committees in the Mexican Senate supported the bill on Wednesday that established a minimum wage for female athletes. The bill’s goal is “to protect the labor rights of professional athletes, as well as to establish equal base pay for women and men in the sports field,” according to a statement from Mexican Senate committees.

The bill was approved by the committee. The bill was supported at the committee level by the major left-wing Mexican political organization National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) and the center-left Mexican political party Citizens’ Movement (MC).

To become law, the bill must be discussed in the lower house of Congress and pass the Republic of Mexico Senate. Additionally, the bill forbids wage discrimination based on socioeconomic class, religion, or race. It’s yet unclear how the bill, if passed, will actually be applied in practice.

Men athletes in Mexico’s top professional football division, the Mexican Soccer League, are paid an average of 643,000 pesos each month. But compared to their male colleagues, female athletes make less money. The average monthly pay for women is 3,700 pesos.

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