Empowering Women and Girls Through International Sports Exchanges
June 9, 2011 at 10:34 am 1 comment
“In the lead-up to the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup and the kick-off to the 40th anniversary year of Title IX, the U.S. Department of State launched a series of international soccer exchanges to highlight the value of sports in empowering women and girls.”
These exchanges include:
– The Sports Visitor Program, which brought girls’ soccer teams from Bolivia, Germany, Malaysia, Pakistan,the Palestinian Territories, and South Africa to the U.S. to meet and play together
– The Sports Envoy Programs, which sends U.S. Women’s soccer stars, such as Briana Scurry and Amanda Cromwell, abroad to teach soccer skills and provide role models for aspiring women soccer players
– The Women’s Sports Management exchange, which provides education and best-practices sharing for girls’ and womens’ sports programs that “promote leadership, teamwork, respect, self awareness and life skills”
Read more: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/06/165051.htm
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