KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – The United Nations Barbados and the Japanese Caribbean has praised the Windward Islands Soccer Affiliation (WIFA) for internet hosting the 2025 regional girls’s soccer match.
The match is slated to run from September 14 to twenty, in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
In a press launch, the United Nations mentioned it’s happy to accomplice with the WIFA Ladies’s Event, which may also function a strong platform for girls and ladies to guide, encourage, and play ball.
“The Caribbean is a set of communities, of which sport is a crucial part. That is crucial as sport can drive social change by means of selling equity, respect, and equal alternatives for everybody,” mentioned Simon Springett, UN Resident Coordinator for Barbados and the Japanese Caribbean.
“This occasion is greater than a contest; it’s a image of resilience, unity, and restoration,” mentioned
Isiuwa Iyahen, Head of Workplace and UN Ladies Multi-Nation Workplace – Caribbean.
“To every athlete right here, your power and ability usually are not solely breaking obstacles in soccer, but additionally inspiring a brand new technology of girls leaders, proving that precise progress occurs when Ladies are seen, valued, and victorious—on and off the pitch.
“As we commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Motion, probably the most complete and transformative world agenda for the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of girls and ladies, we’re inspired by the truth that this match exemplifies its key priorities.
“These embody creating an area the place girls lead on and off the sector, amplifying girls’s voices in decision-making, and creating entry to equal alternatives for development, training, and visibility. The UN workforce stays dedicated to supporting member states to speed up additional efforts in direction of attaining gender equality,” she added.
