Botswana: FIFA Signs Brighton Plus Helsinki 2014 Declaration

Gaborone — The world football governing body, FIFA, signed the Brighton Plus Helsinki 2014 Declaration on March 7 . The declaration is a guiding document of the International Working Group on Women and Sport (IWG), which directed all their signatories and had to be satisfied in order for women and girls to advance in sport.

IWG marketing and public relations manager, Boitumelo Kenosi said in an interview that indeed, the president of FIFA, Sepp Blatter and IWG chairperson, Ruth Maphorisa signed the declaration in Zurich, Switzerland.

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