FIFA is more than tripling the prize money for the 2023 Women's World Cup to $110 million, according to the Wall Street Journal's Rachel Bachman.

Bachman noted the prize pool was just $30 million for the 2019 Women's World Cup.

FIFPRO, the players' union for men's and women's soccer, commended the move:

Bachman reported Tuesday that FIFPRO had written a letter in October to FIFA President Gianni Infantino calling for FIFA to provide equal pay and accommodations between the men's and women's World Cup.

Even with Thursday's announcement, a significant financial gulf between the two tournaments remains.

FIFA awarded a total of $440 million in the 2022 World Cup. Champion Argentina took home $42 million, and runner-up France collected $30 million.

Infantino chalked up the gap to the money FIFA receives from broadcasting partners.

"You pay us 100 times less, whereby your viewing figures are very similar, maybe 20-25 percent less for the women than for the men," he said. "Not 100 times less, 20 percent less."

The fight for equal pay in the women's game has extended beyond FIFA itself.

In February 2022, the United States women's national team settled its legal dispute with U.S. Soccer. As part of the agreement, the federation committed to paying the men's and women's teams equally moving forward. The Canada women's national team is engaged in a similar battle with its federation.

Two other top countries have been rocked by turmoil in the buildup to the World Cup, highlighting the continued inequities in the women's game.

A number of Spanish players told their federation in October they no longer wanted to suit up for the national team because of issues with coach Jorge Vilda.

France also saw multiple players, including captain Wendie Renard, walk away indefinitely amid concerns connected to coach Corinne Diacre. The French Football Federation fired Diacre earlier this month.

"Although deeply disheartening, there is at this point little surprise that these types of battles are still being fought in women's football, and it doesn't even seem to register that these are three of the teams currently ranked in the world's top 10 by FIFA," ESPN's Sophie Lawson wrote in February.

Lawson also referenced an "ongoing culture of neglect and indifference in women's sport, with federations routinely doing the bare minimum to keep their women's programmes going."