FIFA’s Secretary General Fatma Samoura brought women’s football centre stage, as she discussed FIFA’s work to Break the Bias and elevate the female game |
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ZURICH, Switzerland, March 9, 2022/ — FIFA (www.FIFA.com) Secretary General Fatma Samoura celebrated IWD2022 at Expo 2020; She detailed the growing number of women in leading positions globally; The audience also heard how next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup could break records again
FIFA’s Secretary General Fatma Samoura brought women’s football centre stage, as she discussed FIFA’s work to Break the Bias and elevate the female game, as part of an event to celebrate International Women’s Day 2022 at the Women’s Pavilion of Expo 2020 in Dubai. Addressing an audience made up of delegates from around the world, the Secretary General was among speakers from the arts, media and popular culture who gathered at the high-level forum, organized in conjunction with Cartier, to discuss Redefining the Future for Women, Breaking Barriers in the Workplace, Unstereotyping Women in Popular Culture, Levelling the Sports Playing Field and Next Generation of ChangeMakeHers. Central to Fatma Samoura’s discussion with the moderator, Regional Spokesperson for UN Migration and journalist Yvonne Ndege, was her excitement about the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup, which reached a significant milestone of 500 days to go yesterday, 7 March.
On the topic of the ninth edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ in 2023, the FIFA Secretary General said: “The next FIFA Women’s World Cup is taking place next year, and it will be a World Cup hosted across two different confederations.
Participants at the Breaking the Bias Forum, celebrating International Women’s Day 2022 at the Women’s Pavilion included: Cyrille Vigneron, President and CEO of Cartier International; Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer Meta; Dr. Anwar Gargash, Minister of State for International Cooperation, UAE; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Former ED of UN Women; H.E. Reem Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, UAE; Dr Natalia Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director and H.E. Ann Linde, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden. Source: FIFA Press Release
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