A groundbreaking women’s football history conference aims to blow apart perceptions of the sport as it kicks off at the National Football Museum in Manchester on Thursday.
The two-day conference, which begins on International Women’s Day, hosts academics, journalists and artists from around the globe. Lectures range from the acclaimed writer and sports activist Shireen Ahmed discussing football and the hijab, to a study on women and the 1966 men’s World Cup from Professor John Hughson.
Holding a strong presence is a series of talks on the rich and fascinating history of women’s football in Central and South America. That history lies in stark contrast to the clear lack of support for many of the national women’s teams in the region today – with Brazil’s star players openly criticising their national federation, the Colombia kit launch using Miss Colombia instead of their female players to model shirts alongside James Rodríguez, and Peru going eight years without an international fixture before last year playing Chile, who had not played in 981 days.
Source :- theguardian
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