World Women Football Convention: Aderonke Bello Gets FIFA Recognition
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Just like a saying that, there is reward for every good job any human being does, this is a story of the hard-working, and passionate gender advocate and human rights activist, Ms Aderonke Bello as her good works had caught the attention of the World Football Governing Body FIFA by inviting her to the forthcoming Global Women’s Football Convention.
FIFA made this known in a letter issued on the 16th of May 2019, by FIFA Head of Women’s Football and Governance department, Ms Emily Shaw.
According to the letter, Ms Bello, an award winning investigative sports journalist and publisher of thesportdiva.com will be required to travel to Paris, France to participate in the FIFA women’s convention. The convention will gather representatives from all the FIFA member associations and aim to assess the current state of women’s football as well as showcase good practice examples.
“The convention will take place from 6th to 7th June, in Paris, with arrival on the 5th June and departure on the 8th of June.”
It will be recall that Aderonke Bello has been a consistent advocate for the growth and development of women’s football, she led the #payfalcons protest when the Super Falcons were not paid their dues in 2016 until they were paid. She had delivered a keynote speech on issues bothering on Women’s football.
Hundreds of women and girls have benefited from several initiatives by her NGO, FAME Foundation.
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