Giving Compass' Take:

• The fight for equal pay continues across a range of industries, including the sports world.

• How can donors work to close the pay gap?

• Read our guide to closing the gender wage gap. 

Unequal compensation is just one issue that women in sports face, and the US women’s national soccer team is just one of many teams that’s had to contend with the problem. While the World Cup competition helped the US team gain traction in their fight, the international event also helped female soccer players fighting other battles bring attention — and action — to their struggles.

Ahead of the Women’s World Cup, Professional Footballers Australia, a player union, called on the FIFA governing body to increase the Women’s World Cup prize money to help close the gap between the women’s and men’s prizes. And on July 5, ahead of the final, FIFA President Gianni Infantino proposed doubling the women’s prize to $60 million.

However, activists and players, including US champion Megan Rapinoe, have said the proposal doesn’t go far enough.

Read the full article about women in sports by Daniele Selby at Global Citizen.