AFRICAN SPORTS MONTHLY
'Sports is our Business'
  • Home
  • NEWS
  • Radio
  • TV

High-profile speakers confirmed for FIFA Women’s Football and Leadership Conference

3/3/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
An impressive line-up of guest speakers and panellists has been confirmed for the FIFA Women’s Football and Leadership Conference to be held at the Home of FIFA in Zurich on Friday 6 March.

Coinciding with International Women’s Day, which is celebrated every year on 8 March, the conference will be a platform for open, honest debate about the future of the women’s game and the role of women in sport governance.

Jacqui Oatley, one of Britain’s best-known sports broadcasters who became the first female commentator to feature on BBC’s Match of the Day, will moderate two panels – one focusing on best practices in women’s football and the other looking at the challenges and opportunities when it comes to women in leadership. 


FIFA has invited a diverse group of speakers from sport and wider society including: Ruth Maphorisa, Co-Chairperson of the International Working Group on Women and Sport (IWG); Amber Steele, Director of Football and NBA Management at Coca-Cola; Ruth Holdaway, Chief Executive of Women In Sport; Dr Petra Jantzer, Partner at McKinsey & Company; Carolina Müller-Möhl, Müller-Möhl Group & Foundation President; and Arnaud Simon, Eurosport Group TV Content Director.

Speakers from within football include: Hope Powell, former England international and head coach; Isha Johansen, President of the Sierra Leone FA; Piara Powar, Executive Director of the Fare network; Kelly Simmons, The FA’s Director of the National Game and Women’s Football; and Sandra Gage, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer of the National Organising Committee for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015.

Meanwhile, FIFA will be represented at the conference by: FIFA President Blatter; Lydia Nsekera, FIFA Executive Committee member; Moya Dodd, co-opted member of the FIFA Executive Committee and chairwoman of the FIFA Task Force for Women’s Football; Tatjana Haenni, Deputy Director of Competitions for Women’s Football; Mayrilian Cruz-Blanco, Senior Women’s Football Development Manager; and Honey Thaljieh, Public Relations Manager.

The FIFA Women’s Football and Leadership Conference is being organised as part of FIFA’s commitment to promote, develop and invest in women’s football so that the sport and those involved in it can grow to full potential across the world.

FIFA recognises that society, its institutions, and itself too, must do more to bring women into leadership structures and to promote gender equality. One of the key aims of the conference is to inspire further efforts within football and society to achieve greater representation and empowerment for women. 

By FIFA.com

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    January 2023
    December 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    September 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    June 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    December 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013

    Menu

    All
    2014 FIFA World Cup
    Athletics
    Basketball
    Boxing
    Commonwealth Games
    Cricket
    Golf
    Hockey
    Marathons
    News
    Olympics
    Rugby
    Soccer
    Spotlight
    Tennis
    Track And Field
    Volleyball
    Women Soccer
    Wrestling


    Picture

    RSS Feed


    Tweets by ASMONTHLY

Tweet to @ASMONTHLY

Contact Us

    Contact Us

Submit

Donate & Support Our Efforts at African Sports Media Network