Women’s football, Europe and professionalization 1971-2011: Global gendered labor markets

Date
2011-11
Authors
Williams, Jean
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Diasbola international football migration network website http://www.diasbola.com/uk/foomi-members.html
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Yes
Abstract
This working paper looks at the development of women's professional employment in Europe before the active support of UEFA in the 1970s when two professional leagues operated in Italy to the present situation when Germany hosted the sixth Women's World Cup in 2011.
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Women's Football, professionalism, Europe, UEFA, 1971-2011, Women's World Cup
Citation
Williams, J. (2011) Women’s football, Europe and professionalization 1971-2011: Global gendered labor markets. Diasbola Working Paper No 1 mens football
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