Elite Football Players and Gender Equality – IFW21 Facebook Live Panel

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

Watch live on the JMF Facebook page.

Now is an exciting time in Australian women’s football. The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup is just around the corner, our Matildas are performing well and earning equal pay, as well as the renaming of professional women’s football to A-League Women is bringing more unity to the great game.

Our elite female players are the role models to the next generation of female footballers. Their visibility and success in the game is ultimately important for the future of football.

This session will look at some of the gender equality issues faced by our elite players, past and present, and explore the changes around gender equality they would like to see in football.

The panel

• Kanulu/Gangulu woman Allira Toby, plays for A-League Women side Canberra United
• Marra woman Shadeene Evans, JMF Inaugural Scholarship holder and plays for A-League Women side Adelaide United
• Yanyuwa man John Moriarty, co-founder of John Moriarty Football and the first Indigenous footballer to be selected to play for Australia
• Hosted by: Shannon Byrne, media professional and former ABC presenter

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.