FIFA Conference for Equality and Inclusion Part1

09:00 Kick off Introduction by Honey Thaljieh, FIFA Corporate Communications Manager Official welcome by FIFA President Gianni Infantino 09:20 KEYNOTE SPEECH Lakshmi Puri, Deputy Executive Director of UN Women 09:35 PROGRESSING TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY Topics What stands in the way of gender equality Women in football: players, coaches, referees and decisionmakers Equality and equal pay in sports Evaluating progress and looking ahead Panellists Sarai Bareman (FIFA Chief Womens Football Officer) Dr Susan Bridgewater (Professor of Sports Management Marketing, University of Liverpool) Sylvie Durrer (Director of Swiss Federal Office for Gender Equality) Khalida Popal (Former captain of the Afghan womens national football team) Piara Powar (Executive Director of Fare network)