An important time for organizing the International Women's Rights Day.
The Ukrainian Football Association on its official website announced the creation of an expert group dedicated to ensuring equal rights and opportunities for women and men (gender equality) in football.
The first vice-president of the UAF, Pavlo Boychuk, the general secretary of the UAF, Igor Grishchenko, as well as the Kerivniki and Kerivniki key departments have joined the staff of this group, whose coordinator is Elizaveta Stepanyuk, the head of the service for interaction with UEFA and FIFA. and directly from the work of the organization.
Pershochergovy zavdannya groups - updating the problem and work with gender stereotypes, responding to episodes of sexism and gender-biased violence, international research for obtaining long-term justice.
" The world and European football homeland is alive with the philosophy “Football for everyone”.
In gender terms, this means equal access for women to play football as professional athletes, without prioritizing a “non-feminine sport”, as well as equal rights when choosing football as a career opportunity - the ability to return to the career of a football manager and organizations, coaches, referees. Also, today is a holy day, solidarity and recognition of women’s reach and it is likely that everyone will share our position,” says the statement of the Ukrainian Football Association.