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Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · 3d

“I think Angel City has fundamentally changed football” said Julie Uhrman at our #WIFBeInspired conference earlier this year 🗣️

Click below to learn about the rise and continued success of Angel City FC on our YouTube channel at youtu.be/z4Prwmg6ZHM?....

📸 Ali Painter

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Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · 4d

ICYMI: Giants of the English game Liverpool FC joined as a WIF club member last week. The club is already doing amazing work on equality through the Red Together programme and we're delighted to have the opportunity to add further value.

Read more at www.womeninfootball.co.uk/news/2025/10....

Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · 5d

Over 780 women have taken part in our Leadership Programme with stunning results in terms of career development.⁠

If you're keen to progress in your career, join the programme at:⁠

🗓️ 20–23 October in Glasgow⁠
🗓️ 3–6 November in Brighton⁠

Read more at www.womeninfootball.co.uk/career-devel...

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Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · 9d

Find your next role in football through the #WomeninFootball jobs board!

Here's a selection of roles available to apply for right now ⚽️

Browse more at www.womeninfootball.co.uk/jobs-and-cou...

#WIFjobs

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Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · 10d

As football clubs go, they don't get much bigger than #LiverpoolFC, so we're absolutely thrilled to announce the EPL champions as the newest club member of #WomeninFootball! ❤️💜💚

Find out more about Club Membership of WIF and our work with #LFC ⬇️
womeninfootball.co.uk/news/2025/10...

Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · 11d

Great to see the #WomeninFootball survey results covered in the new @theguardian.com Women's Football Weekly podcast with @fayecarruthers.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/football/aud...

Bunny Shaw is back and Chelsea stay perfect – Women’s Football Weekly podcast

Faye Carruthers is joined by Sophie Downey, Tom Garry and Sanny Rudravajhala to review the weekend’s WSL action

www.theguardian.com

Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · 11d

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth to all our followers!

Stay tuned to #WomeninFootball for BHM content during October... and we're hoping to include a BHM special among our forthcoming #WIFevents so please watch this space!

Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · 12d

One of them won't be smiling by the end of tonight 😬

#GALvLIV in the men's Champions League means it's our Chair v our CEO - Ebru Köksal's team against Yvonne Harrison's ⚠️

We'll call it El WIFico

Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · 16d

The #WomeninFootball 2025 survey findings don't make for happy reading, but the louder we can communicate them, the sooner things can improve. So yesterday we talked over them at the House of Lords with an influential group of people 🗣️

Read the report at bit.ly/4pIzg7g

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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 17d

⚽️ “If you’re a woman of colour it’s going to come at you two times more. If you’re from the LGBTQ+ community, it’s going to come at you more, too… The action is about football using its collective power and voice” - Yvonne Harrison, @womeninfootball.co.uk

✍️ @suzywrack.bsky.social, @theguardian.com

Damning results show how much work there is still to do for women and ethnic minorities in football | Suzanne Wrack

In an alarming Women in Football survey, four in five report sexism and only 29% from underrepresented ethnic origins feel they can excel in the sport

www.theguardian.com

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Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · 18d

🗯️ Discrimination is persistent and widespread
❌️ Systems for reporting discrimination are ineffective
🖐️ Workplace culture is a significant barrier

Read the key insights from our fifth annual survey report at www.womeninfootball.co.uk/news/2025/09....

Thanks to Upshot for their analysis support 👏

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Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · 18d

Big thanks to the Football Content Awards and all who nominated for this year's Best in Women's Football category!

We're so proud to be shortlisted alongside some seriously esteemed company 🥲

Find out who else is in the running... or vote for us? ⬇️
footballcontentawards.com/best-in-wome...

Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · 19d

England is lucky to have these two incredible women. Congratulations to all those honoured at the #BallonDor! 🤩🥇

#Lionesses

Screengrab of a Threads post from @lionesses, congratulating Sarina Wiegman and Hannah Hampton on their Ballon d'Or wins as, respectively, first England national team coach to win the Coach of the Year award and first ever Women's Yachine Trophy winner.

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Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · 20d

Our new Members in Focus feature is so inspirational! 🥹

Discover how Tracy Light set up Inclusive United CIC to create a space for young footballers and female coaches who might otherwise never have found a way into the game ⚽ ⬇️
www.womeninfootball.co.uk/news/2025/09...

#womeninfootball #inclusion

Portrait photo of Tracy Light, smiling into the camera, in an office environment

Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · 20d

To all the members of our community celebrating Rosh Hashanah, we wish you a happy and sweet year ahead as we mark the Jewish New Year. Shana Tova!

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Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · 21d

Heartbreaking to learn of the death of Matt Beard, who played such a significant role in the recent growth of women's football in England. Our deepest love goes out to Matt's family, friends and former colleagues. RIP.

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Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · 27d

We're hosting an informal gathering for our members and friends of the #WomeninFootball community, hosted by our events manager Sarah. There's no need to book, just turn up on the night and say hello!

📆 Wednesday 17 September, 6–7:30pm
📍 The Black Horse, Rathbone Place, London

Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · Sep 12

What a day at SOOO London! 🙌

We teamed up with Sports Interactive to talk all things women’s football in Football Manager 🎮 ⚽

Huge thanks to Jo Tongue MBE, Rachel O'Sullivan, Hannah Sheridan, Remmie Williams, Phylli Vostanis and Tina Keech for an inspiring panel! 💪 #WomeninFootball

Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · Sep 11

🎉 We're celebrating a year of learning and collaboration today in Manchester as we gather for the graduation of the Women in Football and Xero Small Business Programme!

It's inspiring to see the progress made by these amazing businesswomen – more highlights coming soon! 👀

📸 Ali Painter

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Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · Sep 11

A new Sky Sports report finds that girls in the UK still play less sport than boys. This inequality affects their physical and mental wellbeing, confidence, and leadership potential, and also imposes long-term social and economic costs on the nation: bit.ly/3JYFYpg

Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · Sep 11

The BUCS & FA Women’s Leadership Programme has been instrumental in supporting female students who aspire to careers in sport and we're delighted to be helping to lead the programme into its next chapter! ⚽️📈

Read more at bit.ly/4n6y4Jm.

Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · Sep 10

We're overjoyed to see our former CEO Jane Purdon take a new leap into the world of publishing as a consultant at Floodlit Dreams.

This new move sits neatly alongside Jane's continued writing ambitions. All of us at WIF would like to wish Jane the best for this new chapter!

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Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · Sep 9

Fans of Football Manager have been waiting a long time for this moment... and we're joining up with developers Sports Interactive this Friday for a special panel talk to discover how the team has added women's football to the game ⚽️

Secure your place at buytickets.at/womeninfootb....

Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · Sep 8

ICYMI: We're working with @ecaeurope.com to make sure women are represented at the highest levels of football leadership across the continent through the Women on Board programme. Read more at www.womeninfootball.co.uk/news/2025/08....

#womeninfootball #europeanclubassociation #leadership #equality

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Women in Football @womeninfootball.co.uk · Sep 5

Can we take a moment to appreciate this incredible new studio 🤩

The new WSL and WSL 2 seasons kick off today and our corporate member Sky Sports are giving fans greater opportunities to follow their favourite teams, with a flagship new show and more live games than ever before! ⚽

#womeninfootball

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