Oct 21, 2014· The lawsuit charges that forcing women to play competitively on artificial turf, an issue that men’s players at the highest level will not face in at least the next two World Cups, is gender...

Feb 08, 2015· On Jan. 21 a group of more than 40 female soccer players dropped a gender discrimination lawsuit against FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association. The complaint was filed in October, opposing...

Dec 08, 2015· Now retired all-star Abby Wambach led an international group of women in a discrimination lawsuit against FIFA a year ago asserting that men have never had to play a World Cup on turf. But the...

Oct 02, 2014· A group of top international women’s soccer players filed a lawsuit against the sport’s governing body FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association CSA on Wednesday alleging gender discrimination...

Mar 08, 2019· Just months before they are set to defend their world title on the global stage, the members of the U.S. women’s national soccer team filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against U.S. Soccer on...

Mar 08, 2019· The dispute between the team and the federation burst into the open more recently as an increasingly emboldened and activist women’s team took on U.S. Soccer and FIFA, soccer’s global governing...

Oct 01, 2014· A group of top women’s soccer players from across the world on Wednesday sued the Canadian Soccer Association and FIFA, the sport’s international governing body, alleging gender discrimination...

Jan 21, 2015· The federation's head of women's competitions, Tatjana Haenni, spoke at an event promoting women's soccer in Philadelphia last week

Oct 08, 2014· To sum up the suit, it states that FIFA is discriminating against the women's teams by refusing to even hear their complaints about playing on an artificial turf

Jun 30, 2015· The international community of soccer fans would protest on our behalf. In my opinion, the fact that FIFA is requiring Women's World Cup competitors to play on subpar artificial turf is a case of...

Sep 19, 2014· FIFA’s announcement that the Women’s World Cup, taking place next June in Canada hosted by the Canadian Soccer Association CSA, will be played on turf instead of on natural grass has been widely criticized by lawyers and famous soccer players alike. Turf is basically a plastic artificial surface cheaper than natural grass.

Oct 08, 2014· To sum up the suit, it states that FIFA is discriminating against the women's teams by refusing to even hear their complaints about playing on an artificial turf field. The organization issued the...

The unprecedented decision by FIFA to play the 2015 Women’s World Cup on turf definitely laid the groundwork for any discrimination claims that came their way. Soccer associations in years past have bent over backwards in order to accommodate the men’s teams expressed preference to play on turf over grass, so why isn’t the same thing...

A cadre of women’s stars led by United State Women’s National Team forward Abby Wambach filed their suit against FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association in October after months of threatening to do so. In the gender discrimination suit brought in an Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, the players claimed that FIFA and the CSA violated Canadian...

Oct 01, 2014· A group of top women’s soccer players from across the world on Wednesday sued the Canadian Soccer Association and FIFA, the sport’s international governing body, alleging gender discrimination...

Jan 21, 2015· A coalition of women’s soccer players led by U.S. star Abby Wambach has withdrawn its gender discrimination suit against FIFA and will play this summer’s World Cup in Canada on artificial turf.

Aug 06, 2014· FIFA is proposing to use artificial turf for the first time in all of the women's World Cup stadiums next year in Canada.... FIFA of gender discrimination over artificial turf... to soccer

The women’s letter to FIFA and to Canadian soccer officials says that beyond the inequality, being forced to play on the turf is a form of gender discrimination that violates Canada's Charter of...

Jun 04, 2015· Many of the leading women’s soccer players in the world had filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against FIFA because of the use of turf in stadiums in the upcoming Women’s World Cup, to be played in Canada.Thanks to stalling tactics by FIFA, though, the players have withdrawn their lawsuit, agreeing instead to take part in the tournament...

Oct 31, 2014· After all, if the top North American women's soccer league uses artificial turf, then it would signal that turf is an adequate substitute for grass. With Women's World Cup on horizon, sexism...

Oct 01, 2014· A lawsuit has officially been filed by a group of women’s international soccer players against FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association regarding the use of artificial turf at the 2015 Women’s World Cup. The players say that it is gender discrimination to not be playing on natural grass and that men would never have to [ ]

Mar 08, 2019· Just months before they are set to defend their world title on the global stage, the members of the U.S. women’s national soccer team filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against U.S. Soccer

A coalition of elite female players from around the world filed a lawsuit on Wednesday challenging FIFA’s decision to play the 2015 women’s World Cup on artificial turf.

Jan 21, 2015· U.S. forward Abby Wambach and a group of fellow players have withdrawn their complaint of gender discrimination over the artificial turf fields to be used for this year's World Cup in Canada. The artificial turf became a contentious issue with the players, who have claimed that the surface is less forgiving than natural grass and impacts play because of concerns over injury.