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Tag Archives: Womens Football

Multiple job-holding report provides insights to help improve elite women’s football!

FIFA has released a report which examines the circumstances of elite female players who, apart from football, hold other jobs, or have care or study commitments, in various countries around the world. While women’s football at the top level has seen a remarkable trajectory towards professionalisation in the past twenty …

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AIFF constitutes committee to investigate incident in IWL 2 in Goa!

The AIFF was formally notified by players from Khad FC, participating in the IWL 2 in Goa, of certain incidents of alleged physical assault and harassment on them on Friday, March 29, 2024. In light of these allegations, the AIFF President Kalyan Chaubey called an emergent meeting of senior members …

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NDTV VIDEO: IWL2 women’s footballer assault case!

Two women footballers of Khad FC, a Himachal Pradesh-based club, have brought some serious allegations against Deepak Sharma, an executive committee member of the All India Football Federation – the governing body of the sport in the country. According to the footballers, Sharma assaulted them in a hotel room during …

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Capacity-Building in Africa: Women’s empowerment in focus!

The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 in Australia and New Zealand demonstrated to the world that women’s football in Africa is going from strength to strength. For the first time ever, three teams from the continent proudly progressed to the Round of 16: Nigeria, South Africa and Morocco. The introduction …

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CONCACAF region football leaders celebrate growth of the women’s game!

CONCACAF region football leaders, including the Confederation’s President, Victor Montagliani and CONCACAF and FIFA Council Member and Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association President Sonia Fulford took time last week to celebrate the growth and development of women’s football in CONCACAF, and to recognize the impressive contribution of many women …

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CONCACAF launches region’s first official women’s continental club competition with CONCACAF W Champions Cup!

Following the successful conclusion of the inaugural CONCACAF W Gold Cup over the past month, which saw the United States crowned Champions on Sunday, March 10, after a fantastic final at San Diego’s Snapdragon Stadium, CONCACAF has announced its next strategic move in women’s football: the launch of the CONCACAF …

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Greek FA launches its women’s football strategy with FIFA support!

The Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) has launched its women’s football strategy with the support of FIFA through the Women’s Football Development Programme. The event in Athens, which took place on March 7, 2024 on the eve of International Women’s Day, was attended by the EPO President Panagiotis Baltakos and Executive …

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FIFA makes new women’s football digital marketing course available to Member FAs!

Coinciding with International Women’s Day, FIFA has released a new course to support representatives in each of FIFA’s 211 Member Associations in improving and enhancing their digital marketing initiatives. The course, available free to digital, marketing, media and communications representatives within all of FIFA’s Member Associations, supports stakeholders in establishing …

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Ten facts you didn’t know about women and their role in professional football!

Today, to mark International Women’s Day, LALIGA brings together 10 key facts about the  role women play in the industry which point to a promising future. 37% of the LALIGA Management Committee are women. In total there are seven female directors on this committee, a significant figure if we take into …

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