Women’s Football Convention: FIFA invites gender advocate

The World Football Governing Body FIFA has invited a Nigerian gender activist and sports publisher, Aderonke Bello, to the forthcoming Global Women’s Football Convention.

FIFA made this known in a letter issued on the 16th of May 2019, by FIFA Head of Women’s Football and Governance department, Ms Emily Shaw.

According to the letter, Mrs Bello, an award winning investigative sports journalist and publisher of thesportdiva.com will be required to travel to Paris, France to participate in the FIFA women’s convention.

The convention will gathered representatives from all the FIFA member associations and aim to assess the current state of women’s football as well as showcase good practice examples.

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“The convention will take place from 6th to 7th June, in Paris, with arrival on the 5th June and departure on the 8th of June.”

It will be recalled that Bello has been a consistent advocate for the growth and development of women’s football, she led the #payfalcons protest when the Super Falcons were not paid their dues in 2016 until they were paid.

She had delivered a keynote speech on issues bothering on Women’s football. Hundreds of women and girls have benefited from several initiatives by her NGO, FAME Foundation.