Women’s World Cup 2019: Former U.S. coach and star hope triumph transforms domestic game Pay-gap conversations are continuing to progress just days after the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup ended, with U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) becoming the latest to offer a solution to the controversy. Manchin introduced a bill Tuesday that, if passed, would prevent federal funding for the 2026 World Cup until the U.S. Soccer Federation “agrees to provide equitable pay” to the women and men’s teams. The U.S. is co-hosting the 2026 event along with Canada and Mexico. Five key quotes from USWNT star Megan Rapinoe’s CNN appearance after World Cup win Ongoing conversations about a pay gap started in the months leading up to the tournament, and led 28 members of the U.S. women’s national team — including Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan — to take legal action over pay disparity and working conditions. Several members of the national team filed a lawsuit in March against the U.S. Soccer Federation, claiming there is institutionalized gender discrimination between the women’s and the men’s game. The issue extends internationally, as well. The U.S. will share a pot of $4 million for winning the tournament, while France’s men’s squad earned $38 million for winning in Russia last year. At the next Women’s World Cup in 2023, FIFA president Gianni Infantino wants to increase the prize money to $60 million, yet at the men’s competition in 2022, teams in Qatar will have a pot of $440 million. Women’s World Cup 2019: Megan Rapinoe keeps pay-gap conversation going on ‘GMA’ “The clear unequitable pay between the U.S. men’s and women’s soccer teams is unacceptable and I’m glad the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team’s latest victory is causing public outcry,” the senator said in a statement posted to his website.”They are the best in the world and deserve to be paid accordingly. I’m encouraging everyone to call their Senator and Representatives to help us get this bill passed and finally create a level playing field for all.” Related News During the Women’s World Cup, the members who filed the lawsuit announced that they had agreed to mediation and will resolve the issues after they get back to the United States. France’s tournament gave the players even more of a platform to speak out and demand a change from FIFA as Infantino was booed during the trophy presentation and chants of “equal pay” broke out.“I think the conversation needs to move from, you know, are we worth it, or should we have equal pay, to what can we do now?” Rapinoe said on “Good Morning America” on Tuesday after returning to the U.S. “How can FIFA support the federations, how can federations support their players better, how can the leagues support their players better?”I think there’s a part in this for everybody to do, and I think we’ve really left the old conversation behind us and now it’s time for that action.” read more
Kismayo University’s first crop ofgraduates, who got through years of studyunder severely trying circumstances, wantmore Somalis to realise that education isthe “ladder of life”.(Image: SomaliTalk) MEDIA CONTACTS • Kismayo University public relations office+00 252 6234 0430Five years after a local charity opened a university in the war-torn city of Kismayo, south-central Somalia, the first degrees have been awarded.“I want our people to know that education is the ladder of life and that every step of development that a community makes depends on the level of the community’s education,” one of the 27 new graduates, Qoole Qowden*, told Irin News.“I am delighted to have completed four years of study during which we underwent unimaginably difficult circumstances.“I am hopeful that I will get a job since I now possess the required knowledge and skills. I will also try to transmit what I learnt to every Somali who is ready for it,” he said.Like much of south-central Somalia, for the past few years Kismayo has been controlled by al-Shabab, an Islamist insurgency fighting to topple the country’s weak transitional government.Previously, the area frequently changed hands between various warring clan militia groups.Kismayo University has 200 students, mostly from Middle and Lower Juba regions where, for many years, secondary school was the highest level of learning available.Since it opened, local sources said, the university has helped reduce the recruitment of youth into fighting groups.Education collapseEducation in Kismayo has long been one of the casualties of the region’s conflicts and frequent changes of administration.Several schools in the city have been converted into makeshift homes or stores, forcing talented teenagers to seek educational opportunities in Mogadishu, the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, the self-declared independent republic of Somaliland or in neighbouring Kenya.Quruxlow Shaakle*, a resident of Kismayo, said: “I have lived here for the past 33 years and education has been my greatest worry because as a parent, and I am sure all other parents agree with me, no one wants their child to end up as a militiaman or be used to fuel clan divisions.“For a long time, only well-off parents could send their children across the border to Kenya to get an education – for poor families like mine, this was not possible.”Shaakle urged other Somali families to focus on their children’s education “because that is how we can put away the gun and seek peace – otherwise wars, famine and hardship in our country will continue”.The 27 who received degree certificates on 5 August 2010 were from two faculties, education and business administration, according to a university official, who added that 32 others obtained diplomas. The university also has an Islamic law faculty.In total, there are 20 lecturers and fees range from US$15 to $30 (R109 to R218) per month.The official said most of the graduates had already secured jobs in local telecommunication firms, remittance or money-transfer banks, and in other businesses across Kismayo.“Some are part-time teachers in different schools,” the official said, adding that the university had requested heads of companies in the region to consider Kismayo University graduates during their recruitment drives.* Not their real namesSource: Irin News read more
Wednesday 20 February 2019 marked an important day for South Africans. Members of Parliament (MPs) gathered to listen to Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni present the National Budget, while citizens were eager to learn the nation’s financial situation.Minister Mboweni confirmed that his Budget Speech aligns with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s vision for the country. “In the 2019 State of the Nation Address, our President set out an ambitious agenda for our nation. It is an agenda that speaks to the South Africa that we can be. It is a task list for all ofIt lays out a series of interventions that will put South Africa on a bold new path,” the minister said in his address.He also confirmed that government is set to fork out R5,8tn over the next three years; R1,2tn will go towards education, R717bn to public health and approximately R900bn to social development over three years.National Treasury shares some key take outs from the 2019 Budget Speech:Gross debt is expected to stabilise at 60.2 per cent of GDP in 2023/24.Real growth in consolidated non-interest expenditure will average 2 per cent over the nextthree years.Tax revenue for 2018/19 will undershoot the mini-budget estimate by R15.4 billion, half of this due to higher than expected Vat refunds.There will be no change to personal income tax rates or brackets but slight adjustment to rebates (revenue of R12.8 billion to be raised this way; collection by stealth).Employment tax incentive of up to R1 000 can be claimed for employees earning up to R4 500 p/m (previously R4 000).Carbon tax of 9c per litre on petrol and 10c per litre on diesel effective 5 June.New Sars commissioner to be appointed soon.The South African National Roads Agency is allocated an additional R3.5 billion over the next 3 years to improve non-toll roads.R1.8 billion is allocated for the implementation of 262 priority land-reform projects over the next three years. R3.7 billion is set aside to assist emerging farmers seeking to acquire land to farm. The Land Bank will support smallholders, and leverage partnerships with other financial institutions. It aims to disburse R3 billion in the next fiscal yearOlder public servants may retire early and gracefully, leading to savings of R4.8 billion in 2019/20; R7.5 billion in 2020/21 and R8 billion in 2021/22Allocation to Jobs Fund to rise to R1.1 billion over three yearsOld age grant rises R80, foster care up R40 to R1 000, and child support grant to R420 in April and R430 in OctoberR481.6 million is allocated to the Small Enterprise Development Agency to expand the small business incubation programme.Additional Reporting: National Treasury read more
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