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A Wrap of the Ridge City Women’s Football Initiative

The Ridge City Women’s Football Initiative sponsored by The Embassy of Switzerland in Ghana ended yesterday at the Mary Mother of Good Counsel School with a Mini Tournament.

The four month series of programs began with the program, Branding in Women’s Football which was spearheaded by the Co-Founder of Ridge City Women Football Club, Cyril Gockel. This program took women’s football enthusiasts as well as female footballers through the various aspects of branding and marketing in football such as the need for social media presence and the importance of branding in the world of football.

The Laws of the Ghana Game facilitated by Frank Delali Awutey was the second program in the initiative and was based on major FIFA laws in football and the new changes made in football. Experienced coach, Coach Eric Antwi took participants through a 5-week coaching course dubbed Coaching 101. Certificates of participation were awarded to the young female coaches by the sponsors of the program.

Careers in Football, another initiative in the program, had a panel of women in sports sharing their career experiences with the audience and participants. Ghanaian International footballer, Jennifer Cudjoe had an interactive session with the players. Other panelists included, Akosua Amoo, Juliet Bawuah, Cleopatra Nsiah Nkatie and Susan Sarpomaa Owusu-Ansah

The finale of the initiative was a 7-a-side Mini Tournament of 4 teams with invited players from clubs all around Accra who came in support of the project and in the spirit of having fun.

The winning team, The Blue Team, won not only medals to signify their win but also gifts from Ambassador Philipp Stalder who also gave his closing remark expressing his gratitude for the success of the entire program.

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Women’s Football Initiative-Laws of the Game

The Ridge City women’s football initiative program continued with Phrank Delali Awutey on laws of the Game on Friday 11th October at the Base camp East Legon and 18th October held on online.

He spoke to the audience on topics ranging from laws of the game on the field, Player status and Age cheating in women’s football.

Christine Burkhard and George Appiah were present from Swiss Embassy in Ghana to offer their support.

Part two of the program with Mr.Awutey was held online with participants asking questions via a Twitter Questions and Answer section before proceeding to the zoom section
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Women’s Football Initiative

“A series of short training sessions to empower women in football” The leadership program is designed to empower women within the football industry.

Various facilitators & classes will be available to impart knowledge and skills to equip women and girls in football to better navigate the games landscape.

This project aims to increase the number of women in administration roles in football, create jobs in sports & digital marketing and entrepreneurs in the business of football.

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Ghana loses out on women’s world cup Solidarity fund

Three African countries benefit from FIFA Women’s World Cup Club Solidarity Fund which was launched in 2019 to reward clubs for providing players for the success of the tournament held in France.

The money which stands at 8.46 million US Dollars will be distributed to some eight hundred and twenty-two professional and grassroots clubs to encourage football clubs in their quest to develop talent for the women’s game.

Among these clubs feature twenty-six from Cameroon, 35 clubs from South Africa and 21 from Nigeria received a total of $205,580.

A FIFA statement reads ”The payments reward clubs for providing players with a professional football pathway, while encouraging and incentivising football clubs to continue developing talent in the women’s game,”

”The money is paid out with the intention of enabling beneficiary clubs to create a high-performance environment for the best players in the world and to invest in developing women’s football at grassroots level.

France 2019 is the first FIFA Women’s World Cup where professional and grassroots clubs have benefitted from receiving solidarity funding, which was introduced by FIFA to directly support and reward clubs in the development of players who play at the tournament.

Based on the principle of rewarding clubs for providing players with a professional football pathway, 50 per cent of the funding has been distributed to clubs that released players for the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019.

Chief women’s football officer at FIFA Sarai Bareman added, “Building on the success of the FIFA Women’s World Cup last year, the solidarity funding distributed as a result of the tournament will provide much-needed additional financial support for many women’s football clubs around the world,”

“With USD 1 billion already committed to women’s football over the next four-year cycle in the lead-up to the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023, the solidarity funds distributed will play an important role in providing more opportunities for women and girls to play football, as well as rewarding and giving back to 822 training and grassroots clubs for the vital role they played in developing the stars of last summer’s FIFA Women’s World Cup.

“At a time when many clubs around the world impacted by the current coronavirus pandemic, FIFA is looking to continue the long-term investment we are making in the women’s game, as well as the momentum and the interest generated last summer.

“Through the additional development funding that has now been distributed, we hope that this supports clubs and MAs in the important role they play in the growth of women’s football and will encourage them to continue to invest in the sport in the future.

“The growth of women’s football requires a joint effort at all levels if we are to build a strong and sustainable future for the women’s game. Only together can we realise the full potential of women’s football and truly bring the game to all.”