katie silver, bbc news, sydney. the president of the international paralympic committee has told bbc sport that international sporting governing bodies should set their own policies on transgender athletes. it comes after italy s valentina petrillo last week became the first openly transgender athlete to win a medal at a global para athletic event. petrillo has visual impairment and picked up two bronze medals at the world para athletics championships in paris. andrew parsons says the ipc won t be deciding the overall policy. it s something that we always knew. it was not a matter of if it was a matter of when. so now we have had it at the world championships. i don t think the pressure will be there, but i think, yes, our members will like some guidance because they have to run their national programmes with their athletes so they would like to know.
of, equal pay, that rang around the stadium. so this women s world cup coming up, it s a real, another opportunity to be able to talk about these bigger things and equal pay, it s still something that not just women footballers are striving for, it s what women everywhere are striving for. this world cup there have been stand offs between multiple teams and their football associations, including the uk, south africa, nigeria and canada, and these fights are over everything from basic equal pay to bonuses. some teams are even threatening to boycott matches if their demands are not met. it s hoped that with this momentum, the next generation s battle will be just on the pitch. katie silver, bbc news, sydney. the president of the international paralympic committee has told bbc sport that international sporting governing bodies should set their own policies on transgender athletes. it comes after italy s valentina petrillo last week became the first openly transgender athlete to win a me
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it s what women everywhere are striving for. this world cup there have been stand offs between multiple teams and their football associations, including the uk, south africa, nigeria and canada, and these fights are over everything from basic equal pay to bonuses. some teams are even threatening to boycott matches if their demands are not met. it s hoped that with this momentum, the next generation s battle will be just on the pitch. katie silver, bbc news, sydney. the president of the international paralympic committee has told bbc sport that international sporting governing bodies should set their own policies on transgender athletes. it comes after italy s valentina petrillo last week became the first openly transgender athlete to win a medal at a global para athletic event. petrillo has visual impairment and picked up two bronze medals at the world para athletics championships in paris.