November 25 – On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, FIFA has joined forces with the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Commission and the European Parliament Sports Group to raise awareness of domestic violence.
The call for an end to violence against women and children is a renewal of the #SafeHome campaign.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said: “Violence has no place in our society, and sports and football are no exception. FIFA is fully committed to continuing our work with leading international organisations to help end violence, by using football as a platform to raise awareness on this and other key issues facing society today.”
The campaign– aimed at the general public and decision makers – looks to raise awareness of the risks, and point out the actions that can take to prevent and mitigate these risks.
A video awareness campaign features 19 past and present footballers – Álvaro Arbeloa, Rosana Augusto, Vítor Baía, Khalilou Fadiga, Tomasz Frankowski, Matthias Ginter, David James, Andrzej Juskowiak, Giorgos Karagounis, Annike Krahn, Marco Materazzi, Milagros Menéndez, Noemi Pascotto, Graham Potter, Mikaël Silvestre, Kelly Smith, Óliver Torres, Clémentine Touré and Theodoros Zagorakis.
The campaign is being published on FIFA digital channels, with #SafeHome also being supported with multimedia toolkits for the 211 FIFA member associations
Helena Dalli, EU Commissioner for Equality, said: “Violence against women and girls is a violation of human rights, and has no place in the European Union, or anywhere else in the world. This pandemic is a test for humanity. It has led to heightened exposure of women and children to domestic violence. We must eradicate this shadow pandemic.”
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