{"id":5907,"date":"2021-11-22T17:58:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T17:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nfa-ladies-receive-in-receive-cosafa-accolades"},"modified":"2021-11-22T19:11:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T19:11:52","slug":"nfa-ladies-receive-in-receive-cosafa-accolades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nfa-ladies-receive-in-receive-cosafa-accolades","title":{"rendered":"NFA Ladies receive in receive COSAFA accolades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Namibia Football Association\u2019s (NFA) Jessica Nguaondu and Lorraine Gowases received certificates from The 2021 COSAFA Women\u2019s Leadership Programme (WLP), following their completion of the inaugural six (6) month long course, which was conducted online due to the ongoing pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>According to COSAFA, the vision of the project is to empower and elevate women in the COSAFA region into leadership roles. The vision sees a world where women reach equal exemplification at decision-making level, within the COSAFA region respectively as well as its 14 member Associations.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the participants, FIFA\u2019s Chief Women\u2019s Football Officer Sarai Bareman advised the graduates to support each other, associate themselves with inspiring people and practice humility.<\/p>\n<p>The programme was attended by thirty seven (37) participants from the fourteen (14) COSAFA member Associations , with Nguaondu and Gowases being the only representatives from Namibia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a great six months, and I\u2019am thankful to COSAFA for creating a platform where women could interact and learn from one another. I look forward to more of women-mentoring programmes.\u201d Said Nguaondu.<\/p>\n<p>Gowases said she feels privileged to have been part of a promising programme that she sees producing more women leaders in the near future. \u201cI believe its time women take up more spaces within the football fraternity with pride and confidence that is loud enough to inspire and encourage the girl child to do the same.\u201d She stated. NFA Secretary General Franco Cosmos handed over the certificates to the graduates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. Namibia Football Association\u2019s (NFA) Jessica Nguaondu and Lorraine Gowases received certificates from The 2021 COSAFA Women\u2019s Leadership Programme (WLP), following their completion of the inaugural six (6) month long course, which was conducted online due to the ongoing pandemic. 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