23 Jul 2019

When will female athletes get pay equity?

From Morning Report, 8:39 am on 23 July 2019

The Silver Ferns World Cup victory against Australia has renewed questions about pay equity for female sportspeople, after officials confirmed there was no prize money for the winners.

It's being compared to the Black Caps, who took home three million dollars for coming second in the Cricket World Cup last week.

Susie Ferguson speaks to the chief executive of the international netball federation Clare Briegal.

She says while there are a number of other world cups happening this year, you need to compare like with like.