The festival which was hosted at the Djiboutian Football
Federation’s technical centre over the weekend was the first of its kind
organized in the country. The event was mainly intended to get more young girls
into football, as Djibouti is eying on the development of women’s football in
the small horn of African country.
The promotion of women football was part of the long-term
women’s football development strategy announced by the FDF president, Souleiman
Hassan Waberi, during his post election address just nearly three years ago.
"In the past several months we witnessed that our women football made real progress as our girls were seen performing well in all women’s tournaments they participated since early this year” president Souleiman told a gathering during the festival over the weekend.
The resident said that more than two hundred teenage
girls who attended the program were selected from schools in the capital
Djibouti. "This time only girls from schools in the capital took part in the
event, but as shown in our annual schedules, girls from schools in the regions
will turn up for next year’s football festival” the president continued.
FIFA’s Cairo regional
Development Office assistant, Safia El Dayeb, who addressed at the festival
said that she was fully appreciating the promotion of women football in
Djibouti. She praised the country’s FA authorities for the right move they took
for making a real women’s football progress in Djibouti.
Somali Football Federation Media Department
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