UNICEF And FIFA Unite In Bid For Women’s Empowerment

On the occasion of the FIFA Women’s World Cup China 2007, FIFA and UNICEF last friday officially kicked off Goals for Girls!, a new joint campaign to harness the power of sport, particularly football, to promote education, gender equality and the rights of women and girls. The 16 best women’s national teams from the six confederations will be competing from 10 to 30 September in Chengdu, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Tianjin and Wuhan to be crowned world champion. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Sports Medicine / Fitness on September 12th, 2007