RAISING
2020 OUR GAME WOMEN’S FOOTBALL REPORT
Improving Industry Standards for Professional Football Players
STATE OF THE GAME 1 ABOUT
ABOUT OBJECTIVES The 2020 Raising Our Game Report provides an The aim of the report is to help unions, players, clubs, overview of the global women’s football industry, leagues, national federations, Confederations, FIFA, placing the rights and conditions of players at the sponsors and media stakeholders to navigate football’s centre. The report builds on the 2017 FIFPRO Women’s evolving landscape from a female player-centric Global Employment Report and takes account of the perspective. And then to enable the formulation of key policies to protect the rights and interests of players, working environment of professional footballers worldwide. The industry is continuously evolving and thus promote a sustainable industry. along with its regulations, rules, policies, business and competition models. This report gives the players’ perspective along with key stakeholders on the most of the industry from the perspective of elite female recent growth patterns and trends, best practices, players. FIFPRO intends to continue to release these policies and regulations relevant to the sustainability reports, using this report as a benchmark. of the professional football industry. and guidance to:
ENGAGE in transparent discussions about the future shape of the professional football industry.
CONTRIBUTE to factual, evidence-based, player-driven analysis and decisions.
INFORM the needs and fundamental interests of players in an ever-changing employment market for professional footballers.
DRIVE player-centred policy development to protect and safeguard the rights and interests of the professionals at the heart of the game.