South African Football Association National Executive Committee member Ria Ledwaba has said that the only way to advance women's football in Africa is to ensure that it becomes part of the mandates of African football associations.
As reported by the Siya crew Ledwaba represented SAFA at the recent CAF Women's Football Symposium held in Morocco. The symposium's aim was to source means of developing women's football on the continent under the theme 'raising our game'.
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"The only way for us to advance women's football in Africa is to ensure that as FA's our mandates must focus on women's football from every level," Ledwaba informed Soccer Laduma.
"As I have said I sincerely believe that our programmes must be focused towards schools were football programmes for girls must be made mandatory. This way we can ensure that our girls get the right development throughout their schooling and amateur levels until they become professionals.
"We need to take women's football on the continent seriously and put the same level of focus and strategy as we do in the men's game. If we can do this we will make the women's game attractive to investors," noted Ledwaba.
Documents were submitted outlining the guidelines and policies SAFA used to administer women's football across all levels.
