by admin | Oct 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
There have been indelible images from the world of women’s soccer. These past images include Brandi Chastain ripping off her shirt to show her sports bra as she celebrated the women’s team’s 1999 World Cup win, via The New York Times, Megan Rapinoe...
by admin | Oct 20, 2021 | Representation, SEW
United States women’s national team and Orlando Pride forward Alex Morgan said that she is optimistic when it comes to the demands the NWSL Players Association is making of the NWSL but that the league is still too “reactive” and more trust needs to...
by admin | Oct 19, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The past year has been a journey for Lynn Williams. Last summer, as Black Lives Matter protests swept the country following the murder of George Floyd, she was part of a group of Black players in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) who established the...
by admin | Oct 19, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
FIFA has assembled a Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to assess how women’s football can develop. The TAG is made up of male and female professionals from the six continental confederations across a range of roles including current and former players, coaches,...
by admin | Oct 19, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) named 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup chief executive Marla Messing as its interim CEO on Monday, after allegations of sexual misconduct engulfed the league. Last month, allegations involving former North Carolina...
by admin | Oct 18, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
After allegations of abuse in women’s football surfaced in recent weeks in the US, Venezuela and Australia, the sport’s world governing body FIFA fears they could be the “tip of the iceberg.” Joyce Cook, FIFA’s Chief Education and Social...
by admin | Oct 17, 2021 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week our highlight goes to the WNBA as they celebrate the finals of their 25th season and look forward to more success. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to hecklers in Vermont who abused a Hartford High School girls soccer...
by admin | Oct 15, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
U.S. Soccer president Cindy Parlow Cone has said she is “heartbroken” over allegations of abusive behaviour and sexual misconduct in the National Women’s Soccer League and added that her organisation is committed to investigating the “abhorrent...
by admin | Oct 14, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
In response to repeated heckling at an away game last Thursday that was allegedly sexual in nature, the Hartford High School (White River Junction, Vermont) girls soccer team walked off the field with six minutes to play. When the Hurricanes next took the field, just...
by admin | Oct 13, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Matildas players have suffered “abhorrent” abuse on social media following claims of sexual abuse and harassment within women’s soccer, their union has announced. Matildas great Lisa De Vanna has alleged she suffered same-sex sexual harassment, abuse...
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