Their ambition is to increase female match officials in all sports in France, which currently has an estimated split for male refs. Football is played more by men and maybe in handball it's equal.
Frappart says the French soccer federation is fully committed to having more female refs and to more women in the sport's governance. But La Poste's committee says the main barriers facing aspiring female referees at the outset are lingering sexism and misogyny. In media terms, the more women's soccer is shown on television and the more women's sport is shown on television, that will change things.
Frappart became the first woman to take charge of a professional men's game when she refereed a second-tier French league match in Her ascension continued when she refereed Germany vs. Costa Rica in at the men's World Cup in Qatar. She said the context of the tournament shielded her from the impact this was having back home. But in Qatar we were more protected in terms of the media, because I was far away and not in my country.
You turned the TV on and you were on it. Later that year, Rebecca Welch became the first female referee in the Premier League.
Last Sunday, U. But what I would say is that it's good that transfers like these are starting to happen," Frappart said. Some years ago there were no contracts and the players were still amateurs. Now there is genuine progression, we must push for this to continue. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in Please refresh your browser to be logged in.
