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Footballers from the Danish national team have waived additional remuneration so that the sum can be used for the benefit of their female counterparts.
To allow their female counterparts better financial conditions, the footballers of the Danish national team have renounced an increase, an “extraordinary measure”, the players’ union indicated this Friday, June 21.
“The men’s team chose not to ask for a salary increase to improve the conditions of the women’s team,” union spokesperson Magnus Hviid told Agence France Presse.
It is “an extraordinary measure to help take this small step in the right direction,” he added, acknowledging that there were “still more glass ceilings to break to ensure equal opportunities and conditions within national teams”. Among other things, the bonuses remain different and we still cannot talk about salary parity between the women’s and men’s national teams.
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The men, however, “obtained the same base salary for the women’s national team and the men’s national team, as well as better insurance coverage for the women’s team,” Hviid said.
The agreement, signed at the end of May, provides for identical match bonuses for women and men during away matches. The Danish football federation, DBU and the union have agreed to bring forward negotiations on a new deal for the women’s national team after the summer break.
