First victory for a women's team in war for their rights: the president of the Canadian Football Federation, Nick Bontis, has submitted his resignation after weeks of tension with the players. The case of the Canadian women's team is not isolated: The fight to improve the conditions of women's football and to achieve equality with men's teams is something transversal. We also experienced it with the retirement of the captain of the French team, Wendie Foxand with the soap opera '15' in the Spanish team. However, Canada became the first team to make changes.

Canadian national team soccer players, who won the gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Gameshad been trying to improve their working conditions for about a year. The players demanded that the team invest the same resources into the Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand this summer that they had invested into the men's team for the World Cup in Qatar.. Despite the protests, the players did not feel heard and issued a statement announcing that They went on strike and refused to play the She Believes Cup.a prestigious tournament preceding the World Cup.

However, heFootballers received pressure from the federation and, less than 24 hours after the announcement, They announced that they would participate in the competition. Christine Sinclair, the captain of the national teamwas very clear through its networks: “Let's be clear: we are forced to return to training now. It is not finished. We will continue to fight for everything we deserve and we will win. “We played the She Believes Cup in protest.”

And that's what they were: they won. This February 27 Nick Bontis, the president of the Canadian federation, has submitted his resignation after the country's 13 provincial federations demanded his resignation. In the press release that was published, Bontis assures that the federation and its two teams are on the verge of signing a historic collective agreement this would “put them ahead of any other FIFA member”. He regrets, however, that what follows “Although I have been one of the biggest advocates for equalizing the competitive performance of the women's national team, I will not lead this organization when that happens. I admit that this moment requires changes“, according to the press release.

It's a small step forward towards obtaining the rights of women's teams ahead of what all indications are to be the biggest World Cup in the history of women's football. At the awards galaThe best', Alexia spoke on the subject: “Lately some issues are appearing in countries, but I think it's not a country specific issue but something on a global level.“, he said about the wave of protests by women's teams seeking improvements in their conditions. Regarding the solution to this type of conflict, the best in the world is clear: “We must come together, listen to each other and see what is best for football, what will ultimately be best for the supporters and for the players who are the protagonists.“.