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FIFA Pushed To Give More Roles To Women As Letter Spells Out Disparity

More than 75 athletes, including Olympic medalists and footballers from England, Canada and the U.S., "have backed calls" for at least 30% of roles within FIFA’s exec committee to be filled by women, according to Owen Gibson of the London GUARDIAN. Australian Moya Dodd, one of only three women on FIFA’s exec committee, "has been lobbying the reform committee to force a step change in the underrepresentation and under-resourcing of women’s football as part of the reform process precipitated by the meltdown of the world governing body." In the letter, the Athlete Ally organization has called on FIFA Reform Committee Chair François Carrard "to introduce immediate measures" to ensure that at least 30% of positions on the FIFA ex-co are held by women. The letter said, "This is not only what’s fair and right. It’s also what’s best for the sport that is in dire need of reform. ... Although Fifa outlaws discrimination based on gender and is a recent signatory of the Brighton + Helsinki Declaration, only three of the 26 ExCo members are women; just two of 209 member association presidents are women, and women make up less than one percent of the voting population in the Fifa Congress. This is not Fair Play" (GUARDIAN, 11/16).

IN DUE TIME
: REUTERS' Belinda Goldsmith wrote touted as the possible first female leader of FIFA, Sierra Leone's Isha Johansen said that "the time was not right for her to aim for the top job now but she would not rule out a shot at the presidency in the future." Johansen, 51, president of the Sierra Leone FA, "is one of only a handful of women to ever head football associations among FIFA's 209 member countries." She said that "it was a shame that no women were in the running for the FIFA presidency next year but she said this could change in the future as women took a greater role in the sport." Johansen said: "If I can successfully accomplish the things I want to do I can see no reason why I would not want to go for the top job eventually. Women definitely should try to aspire to high places ... but I was too new in my role to consider this now" (REUTERS, 11/17).

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