Palm Trees President Leila Pereira Calls for Female Empowerment in Football

2024-01-17 16:42:00

A special and historic press conference was held in the last hours by the Palm treesone of the giant clubs in Brazil.

This is because its President, Leila Pereira, decided to call exclusively on female journalistswith the idea of ​​reclaiming the female role in football.

Dozens accepted the invitation and arrived at the ‘Verdao’ press room, in a talk that has been widely commented on on Brazilian soil.

“As incredible as it may seem, many men asked me why only women might come. I tell you, don’t be hysterical. “They call us hysterical when we want to be heard and the truth is that we are not.”Pereira said at the outset, unleashing widespread laughter.

“I would like this meeting to be symbolic for men: that in this hour when we are all here together, they feel what we women have felt since we were born,” she added.

Along the same lines, the authority added that “I go to CBF meetings and they are all men, from the São Paulo federation and they are all men, I call press conferences and 30 men and two or three women come. Why does that happen?”

“We have to say enough is enough, it cannot be normal. That there is only one woman in charge of a large club in South America, that is not normal. Why does that happen? “Why do we suffer various restrictions that prevent us from arriving?… We are capable, we just want more opportunities,” hill.

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