Interim head coach of the Black Queens, Mercy Tagoe Quarcoo and Women’s League Board chairperson, Madam Leanier Addy are in Morocco for the maiden CAF Women’s football symposium slated for Morocco from 5-7 March.
They both left Ghana for Morocco on Saturday night to join other stakeholders in women’s football to deliberate on the progress of the game in Africa as well as see how best it could be developed and promoted more.
Other representatives from Nigeria, Cameroun, South Africa, Kenya, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea as well as Zimbabwe, Kenya, Namibia and DR Congo will all be in attendance.
Former and current players, referees, coaches, media, as well as experts from FIFA and other Confederations were not left out of this historic event.
After the session to be attended by CAF President Ahmad and FIFA General Secretary Fatma Samoura amongst others, the participants will be split into seven working groups to brainstorm on specialized topics within the realms of their area of expertise.
The topics for the working groups are;
- How to expand the practice of Women’s Football
- Developing the technical formation of the trainers, referees & instructor
- Means of development of sponsorship for Women’s football
- Competitions: Realities and Perspective
- Governance concept in women’s football
- Role of women’s football in gender promotion and socialization
- Place of Media & Communication in dynamizing women’s football