The theme for Indigenous Football Week 2021 is “Gender Equality in Football – Changing the Game” and will focus on the power of football to unlock the potential of Indigenous girls and women and improve gender equality, from grassroots to elite.

Indigenous Football Week brings the football community together to support inclusion, cultural recognition and diversity.

IFW21 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.

Marra woman Shadeene (Shay) Evans is JMF’s inaugural Scholarship Holder. Shay plays for A-League Women side Adelaide United, she was selected as a Young Matilda in 2018, and was named vice-captain in 2019.

Yorta Yorta/Wiradjuri woman Jada Whyman plays for A-League Women side Sydney FC and is a Matilda squad member. She was awarded W-League Women 2021 Goalkeeper of the Year.

Wiradjuri woman Tiffany Stanley is a JMF community coach in Dubbo. Tiffany is one of only a handful of Australian female football coaches to achieve a ‘C’ Level coaching license.

Warumungu man Patrick Coleman is a JMF community coach in Tennant Creek and a member of the NT Youth Round Table.