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Towards Equal Rights in the Global Game? FIFA's Strategy for Women’s Football as a Tightly Bounded Institutional Innovation

open access: yesTilburg Law Review, 2020
FIFA’s recent (rhetorical) embrace of human rights prominently includes commitments to address gender discrimination and promote gender equality both on and off the pitch. What promise does FIFA’s ‘first-ever global strategy for women’s football’ hold as
Michele Krech
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Designing a structural model for the development of Iranian women's professional football [PDF]

open access: yesفصلنامه زن و جامعه, 2023
The aim was to identify and analyze the indicators and components of the development of women's professional football.Research method: Research. The current research was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive in terms of method, which was conducted ...
Masoud Damani   +2 more
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Research on women’s football: a scoping review

open access: yes, 2021
Aim: This study aims to scope available peer-reviewed literature published in a FIFA language to understand the current quantity of research on women’s football. Methods: Five databases were searched on the 15/12/2019.
Impellizzeri, Franco M.   +11 more
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An examination of social media use and the FA Women’s Super League: The challenges of going professional

open access: yesDBS Business Review, 2021
This paper explores the use of social media, specifically Twitter, in two English football clubs during their first season under the professional structure of the WSL. The study uses data from the clubs’ Twitter accounts and interviews with key employees.
Ann Marie Carragher, Luciana Lolich
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Football and gender in Chile: Impact of the 2008 Fifa U-20 Womens´s World Cup on the participation of chilean women in the sport

open access: yes, 2022
The participation of Chilean women in competitive sports has increased in recent years, which has materialised with the presence and good results of the country’s women’s national teams in international events in various sports, including football.
Cornejo-Amestica, Miguel   +2 more
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Doing and undoing gender on Brazilian football fields

open access: yes, 2022
On the one hand, football is one of the largest Brazilian cultural displays. However, on the other hand, it still represents the zenith of the country’s hegemonic masculinity.
Knijnik, Jorge D. (R14641)
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HISTORY OF WOMEN'S FOOTBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1991–2007

open access: yesФізичне виховання, спорт і культура здоров’я у сучасному суспільстві, 2017
The aim of this article was to show the initial stage of development of women's world football through the analysis of first five tournaments within the World Championships.
Andrzej Soroka
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The Incompatibility of Motherhood and Professional Women's Football in England

open access: yesFrontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2021
There has been an advancement of professionalisation of women's football globally. Professional women's football in England has grown exponentially since the inception of the Football Association (FA) Women's Super League in 2011.
Alex Culvin   +3 more
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“I'm a Referee, Not a Female Referee”: The Experiences of Women Involved in Football as Coaches and Referees

open access: yesFrontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2022
The development of the Women's Super League (WSL) in English football, increased media coverage of the game, and an expansion of grassroots opportunities indicate a bright future for women and girls who want to play.
Scarlett Drury   +5 more
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Gender and football in Brazil : the impact of the Paulistana over a generation of Brazilian women players

open access: yes, 2023
Brazilian sportswomen have arrived in the twenty-first century burdened with a heavy inheritance, which has been called the gendered twentieth century sporting legacy.
Knijnik, Jorge D. (R14641)
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