Ghana Football Association has launched Women’s Football Strategy in Accra.
Various stakeholders in the women’s football ecosystem, including GFA President Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku and Vice President Mark Addo, attended the event.
Distinguished individuals present at the launch included Executive Council Members Habiba Atta Forson, Nana Sarfo Oduro, Samuel Anim Addo, Dr Tony Aubynn, and Linford Asamoah Boadu.
The GFA’s Technical Directorate, headed by Technical Director Bernhard Lippert, Director of Coach Education Professor Joseph Kwame Mintah, and the head of the Women’s Football Desk, Ama Brobbey Williams, developed and facilitated the strategy.
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Due to her absence, Professor Peter Twumasi, the Director General of the National Sports Authority, delivered the Keynote address on behalf of Ghana’s Chief of Staff, Hon. Akosua Frema Opare.
The ceremony also welcomed former Ghanaian defender Anthony Baffoe, Samuel Aboabire (Chairman of the Greater Accra Regional Football Association), Robert Duncan (Chairman of the Central Regional Football Association), Dr Gifty Oware-Mensah (President of Berry Ladies), Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo (former Black Queens Coach and Ghana International), and Anita Owiredu.
The Women’s Football Strategy encompasses six essential pillars within the women’s football ecosystem, which include grassroots football development, talent identification, marketing and sponsorship, enhancement of national teams, league development, and education.
The strategy aims to foster the growth and advancement of women’s football in Ghana and raise its status both nationally and internationally.
The GFA expressed its appreciation to FIFA, the global football governing body, for its substantial contribution to the strategy’s development.
FIFA closely collaborated with the GFA’s Technical Directorate, led by Bernhard Lippert, and the Women’s Football Desk, headed by Ama Brobey Williams, throughout the entire process.
