Ticker Tape Parade, New York | Equal wages for women
“A win for the fourth time, isn’t
that great?” – say the Americans after the women’s national team won the world
football championship for the fourth time. The team’s victory was celebrated
with a ticker tape parade. This
support has come to limelight after the campaign by the players on equal pay for women gained popularity.
A gathering comprised of a thousand fans lined along the
Broadway, ‘Canyon of Heroes’ side stretches. The gathering was there to praise
the players who were taken from battery to city hall via ‘Canyon of Heroes’.
The players were given the symbolic keys to the city by Bill de Blasio, Mayor
of New York City (NYC).
The ceremony was conducted amidst the demands of pay
equity with men by women. This issue has gained enough momentum that compelled
the mayor himself to lead the mass that chanted “USA! Equal Pay” the entire
day. The players, Carli Lloyd, Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan addressed the
crowd at the ceremony.
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