Brazilian soccer team using jersey to spread awareness on International Women's Day
The club is trying to make a statement with these jerseys
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On International Women’s Day, Brazilian club Cruzeiro is highlighting some of the challenges women face. On Wednesday, the club will wear jerseys that use their numbers to show statistics of various things, such as the murder and rape rate of women in the South American nation.
Take a look as these, via journalist Jack Lang.
Cruzeiro using squad numbers to highlight challenges faced by women in Brazil. "A rape every 11 minutes" pic.twitter.com/CivhxLK1Gx
— Jack Lang (@jacklang) March 8, 2017
The jersey says a woman is killed every two hours and that their salaries on average are 30 percent lower than that of men.
"A woman killed every 2 hours"
— Jack Lang (@jacklang) March 8, 2017
"Salaries 30% lower"
They're using these tonight in the game against Murici-AL pic.twitter.com/mQQaWW6G2I
At first, I thought this was kind of a weird way to go about this. But, after taking some time to think about it, it is powerful. Fewer platforms are stronger in the world than that of soccer, so why not make a statement that way?
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