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Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>United Nations Women Country Representative Comfort Lamptey has praised the progress of women\u2019s football in Liberia and globally. Lamptey said women\u2019s football is still not comparable to men\u2019s football, but a lot has been achieved, ranging from equal pay to men\u2019s acceptance and promotion of the game. She was speaking at a program marking the celebrations of International Women\u2019s Day (IWD) at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium on 27 March.<\/p>\n

Lamptey thanked the LFA for marking the day under the global theme: \u201cInspire Inclusion: Accelerate Progress\u201d and national theme: \u201cEmpower Her: Empower All\u201d. It began with a UN General Assembly proclamation in 1975 declaring every 8 March as IWD. Lamptey challenged women to break the stereotypes by praising women who served as trailblazers. \u201cI want to acknowledge Madam Jamesetta Howard-Wolokollie, who was Liberia\u2019s first female youth and sports minister. I also want to acknowledge Cllr. Izetta Sombo Wesley, who was the first and only female president of the Liberia Football Association. \u2018Let\u2019s celebrate them and all women who have led the way for female football in Liberia. So we aren\u2019t only here to play a match but also throw some light on some of the work that still has to be done for there to be equality in football and the world at large,\u2019 said Lamptey, who was presented with a football and a Liberian national team jersey.<\/p>\n

For his part, Deputy Sports Minister Andy Quamie praised Doris Bedell, president of the female clubs in Liberia and LFA 3rd Vice President Jodie Reid-Seton for their contributions to women\u2019s football. Quamie encouraged women in football to be inspired by the story of Pakistan\u2019s Benazir Bhutto, the first woman elected to head a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country, and Liberia\u2019s Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa\u2019s first democratically-elected female head of state. \u201cToday, gender equality has taken the world by storm. You will find a woman wherever you find two men. So women have fought [to the extent that] I think they have even surpassed the strength and capacity of men in every capacity. That\u2019s a huge accomplishment,\u201d said Quamie.<\/p>\n

Youth & Sports Minister Jeror Cole Bangalu (Cllr), LFA Secretary-General Kollie Dorko (Atty.), Executive Committee member G. Ivan Brown, Technical Director Doco Wesseh, former Gender Minister Julia Duncan-Cassell, FEJAL President Lisa Diasay, and Shoana Cachelle-Solomon, a television host, speaker, and entrepreneur, delivered a motivational message to female students.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Liberia. United Nations Women Country Representative Comfort Lamptey has praised the progress of women\u2019s football in Liberia and globally. Lamptey said women\u2019s football is still not comparable to men\u2019s football, but a lot has been achieved, ranging from equal pay to men\u2019s acceptance and promotion of the game. 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