Gender Equality and Football Coaching – IFW21 Facebook Live Panel

Join us for a Facebook Live session on ‘Football Coaching and Gender Equality’ as part of Indigenous Football Week 2021.

Watch live on the JMF Facebook page.

Female representation in football coaching remains disproportionately low compared to other areas of the game. For instance, only 4% of football coaches with a ‘C Licence’ or above accreditation are female. Women from CALD backgrounds, including Indigenous women make up an even smaller percentage.

Common issues include gendered perceptions of capabilities, a lack of female coaching role models, and unclear pathways to leadership.
This event will explore these issues at both grassroots and elite levels of the game.

The panel

• Wiradjuri woman Tiffany Stanley, JMF Community Coach
• Warumungu man Patrick Coleman, JMF Community Coach
• Leah Blayney, Head Coach of Future Matildas and Young Matildas
• Hosted by: Aish Ravi, founder of Women’s Coaching Association

This event is part of the celebrations for the sixth annual Indigenous Football Week 2021 (IFW21), held 22 to 27 November.

A week-long program of events will shine a spotlight on the power of football to unlock the potential of Indigenous girls and women and improve gender equality, from grassroots to elite.

IFW21 is a John Moriarty Football (JMF) initiative in partnership with A-Leagues, Professional Footballers Australia, Football Coaches Australia, SBS, NITV, and FOX Sports.

The week will see some of football’s best take a deep dive into gender equality issues of women in football leadership and specific intersectional challenges and opportunities in football for Indigenous girls and women.