Giving Compass' Take:

• Global Citizen discusses an op-ed written by Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry about the importance of advancing gender equality. For his part, Curry hosts a camp for basketball-loving young girls.

• With the pay gap between the NBA and WNBA so vast, Curry's voice as an advocate for women will hopefully make a difference in expanding more opportunities. How can we follow his lead in other sectors?

• Here's more about the massive gender pay gap in pro sports and what can be done.

Hoop dreams aren’t just for boys.

Coming off of hosting his first-annual basketball camp for girls, Golden State Warrior Stephen Curry has penned a moving op-ed for the Players Tribune on the importance of gender equality, and closing the opportunity gap as well as the pay gap.

“I think it’s important that we all come together to figure out how we can make that possible, as soon as possible,” wrote Curry in his essay. “Not just as ‘fathers of daughters,’ or for those sorts of reasons. And not just on Women’s Equality Day. Every day — that’s when we need to be working to close the pay gap in this country. Because every day is when the pay gap is affecting women. And every day is when the pay gap is sending the wrong message to women about who they are, and how they’re valued, and what they can or cannot become.”

The basketball star went on to describe how seeing the world through his daughters’ eyes has expanded his awareness of the challenges they both will face under current social structures, and shared his desire for a country that promotes inclusion.

“So that when someone sees an NBA player is hosting a camp, now, you know — maybe they won’t automatically assume it’s for boys,” continued Curry, whose camp coordinated 200 hoop-loving young girls. “And so eventually we can get to a place where the women’s game, it isn’t ‘women’s basketball.’ It’s just basketball. Played by women, and celebrated by everyone.”

Read the full article about Steph Curry and gender equality by Joanna Prisco at Global Citizen