Women's football is being developed in recent times with great effort; If we look at the top 10 countries in the FIFA ranking, of the G8 members, 6 of them are represented (in order: Germany, USA, France, Japan, England and Canada), as well as Sweden and Australia as leading social and sporting countries.
From this it can be concluded that the consolidation of women's football can be a good indicator of social and economic development (except in the case of North Korea). Undoubtedly, this is a good reflection of the fact that advanced societies are betting on this sport.
FIFA itself is aware of this projection and relevance and, at the moment, its concern regarding women's football is notorious for several reasons:
It can not be allowed as an International Federation, whose sport is the most followed and practiced internationally, to have a great imbalance between men and women, both from the point of view of professional sport and popular sports practice.
Women's football is the opportunity that FIFA has to link with different brands more associated with women's public or brands that do not want to identify with only men. FIFA is in a difficult situation from the point of view of "unethical" practices in its decision-making processes and, above all, transparency. To develop the feminine soccer supposes to grant a social character more in agreement to its functions like federation.
Developing women's football can be a very favorable opportunity to improve the situation of women in certain parts of the world, both from the point of view of equal treatment and their development in activities of responsibility.
The next FIFA elections in May in which the development of women's football should be a critical element of discussion or, at least, of candidates' proposals.
For all this, FIFA has developed a Strategic Document for Development Programs and Guidelines 2015-2018 which details 9 initiatives to promote women's football. These initiatives are structured as follows:
"Live Your Goals" program: oriented to the development of football so that it becomes the number 1 women's sport internationally.
Base sport: development of women's football base in the National Federations.
Development of youth football: promotion of activities and competitions for pre-absolute categories.
Development of competitions and leagues: promotion of economically sustainable professional leagues in different countries.
Coaching education: specific training for women's football coaches.
Scholarships for coaches: economic support for the training of football coaches.
Development of female leadership: training and promotion of the presence of women in executive organs of Federations.
Administration of women's football: training courses to improve the management of women's football.
Legacy programs: empowerment of the legacy in the different Federations of all organized activities and competitions.
In all these programs, FIFA, to those national federations that request and justify it adequately, grants them financing for the development of such programs or the dedication and contribution of specialized personnel in the different areas that they want to develop in each case.
FIFA is aware of the potential of women's football at the moment and is laying the groundwork for its future consolidation.
With regard to Spain, which currently occupies the 15th position in the FIFA ranking, has a great opportunity in the next World Cup, in what will be their first participation, to promote the development of the sport by joining the different Initiatives being developed by FIFA; In addition, recently FC Barcelona has announced the professionalization of its section of women's football. Good news for this sport to start consolidating in a sustainable way in Spain.
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