Well worth taking the time to read FICA's Women's Global Employment report 2020.

The report covers the 2018-2019 period, and lays bare the scale of the challenges at hand even before COVID-19 struck.
https://www.thefica.com/fica-womens-global-employment-report-2020/

Some of the findings:

"There is an overwhelming feeling that women’s cricket is moving in the right direction, with 91% of survey respondents indicating that they feel optimistic about the future of the game"

But

"The pace of change is slow..."

"88% of current players feel that improving domestic
cricket structures is very important when it comes to safeguarding the future of the sport."

"The pathways to professional international cricket remain unclear in many countries, with leagues in AUS, ENG & NZ offering the only semi-professional domestic contracts worldwide during the report period."

"Several major cricket countries still have no discernible professional structure whilst others continue to almost
exclusively focus resource on elite-level international players.

We are not seeing the depth of investment needed to create a sustainable structure"

"No country included in this report has improved on its overall FICA categorization since the 2018 report, with Australia remaining the sole ‘progressive professional’ nation"

"Gender equity remains one of the most important issues as identified by the players themselves.

The majority feel that improvements to remuneration, facilities & coaching are needed in order for them to experience the same level of opportunity as their male counterparts"

"Over half of players do not think women’s players in their country have a clear say on issues within the game.

There remains a striking lack of female representation on decision-making boards around the globe..."

"The women’s game at the elite level is still an extremely small sport...

FICA puts the number of full-time professionals worldwide at just 119 (compared to over 400 professional male cricketers in England and Wales alone)."

"Many players identified the worrying number of players who opt to leave the game as a key issue currently facing the game.

Players often play cricket alongside their studies before
going onto pursue professional careers elsewhere."

"Domestic Ability Gap:

As a result of a general lack of domestic pathways and career viability, with many players leaving the game at a young age, there is not enough competition for places in elite level women’s cricket."

"The need for more scheduling of women’s cricket extends into the international arena...

93% of survey respondents stated that scheduling more cricket was important in order to improve competition and increase exposure of the game."

"In the absence of regular Test cricket, and despite the continued emergence of T20, 63% of players view ODIs as the most important format of the game.

In 2018/19, only 39 women’s ODIs took place (compared to 128 men’s)."

The numbers for 2020, are 6 women's ODIs and 44 men's.

"In 2018/19, some full-time professionals were involved in as few as 23 days of scheduled international cricket, whilst their male counterparts were involved in as many as 92."

"The women’s game continues to see ‘cluster scheduling,’ with periods of back-to-back cricket and scheduling overlap between international cricket and domestic leagues providing a challenge from both a calendar
and player workload perspective."

"At other times there is a complete lack of volume of scheduled international & domestic cricket, a problem
the players want to see rectified through the development of a clear and coherent global scheduling calendar providing consistent playing opportunities for more countries"

"There is overwhelming support for the inclusion of women’s cricket in the summer Olympics, with 81% of survey respondents highlighting this as something they would like to see in the near future"

"Two-thirds of players feel insecure in their cricketing employment, whilst a further 81% would favour contract and job security over playing in different competitions."

"A number of players have cited the lack of support from their respective boards as one of the biggest issues...

women’s cricket is seen by many as just a ‘box-ticking exercise’ for administrators.

A quarter of players have felt bullied or intimidated by their employer."

"Nearly half of players feel they don’t have enough access to mental health support, whilst those in countries with no formal players’ association often have no access whatsoever"

FICA Women's Global Employment Report 2020 - recommendations
https://www.thefica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/FICA-Womens-Global-Employment-Report-2020-Final.pdf

Where different nations sit on the FICA Women's Employment report's 'professionalisation maturity curve'.

This report is for the 2018-19 period, so recent developments in England for example aren't covered.
https://www.thefica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/FICA-Womens-Global-Employment-Report-2020-Final.pdf

Some very important points here, which in some nations were compounded in the COVID-19 era.
https://www.thefica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/FICA-Womens-Global-Employment-Report-2020-Final.pdf

https://www.thefica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/FICA-Womens-Global-Employment-Report-2020-Final.pdf

Not exactly ideal that this all of the available information for four of the thirteen countries covered in the report.
https://www.thefica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/FICA-Womens-Global-Employment-Report-2020-Final.pdf

Not sure why the English county one-day and T20 competitions aren't included on this list?
(details the domestic structure in the 2018-19 period)
https://www.thefica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/FICA-Womens-Global-Employment-Report-2020-Final.pdf