Consumer Corner: How to ask for a rise in your salary to bridge the gender pay gap

“Take control and be open about your needs because no one is going to do it for you.”

Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan plays a forehand return to Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

The Wimbledon Championships are taking place at the moment, and the female tennis players taking part are great ambassadors for the gender pay gap. 

Tennis has the smallest gender pay gap among sports and the players, no matter what their gender, are pretty outspoken on the matter. Gender pay gaps of course do not just exist in sport, but they are also in the workforce.