Team San Diego Soccer Women
GGWCup NYC Finals 2019 Qualifier
San Diego Soccer Women are teaming up with The Sports Bra Project. They will play for Global Goal 10.
Making Age Discrimination Visible
As female athletes fight for recognition and resources all over the world, older women especially are often forgotten or ignored. Team San Diego Soccer Women are a group of women who play soccer at ages 30 through 70+ looking to change that. With their motto “every woman every age” they are looking to make age and gender discrimination visible to society by playing for Goal 10 - Reduced Inequalities.
Find the team on a field near you and on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
“San Diego Soccer Women, as a collective of players, league, sponsors, tournament organizers, supporters and fans, aims to increase the visibility of women’s soccer throughout the region. Each player and teammate benefits from this movement by feeling the pride of being an adult athlete. The recognition and respect for female soccer players falls short worldwide! If we can start with the Southern California women’s soccer scene and move in the direction of building awareness globally, then we are making an impact that will be realized for generations.”
This is how the Team will take action for their goal
Battle Cry: “Every Woman, Every Age...Soccer Women PLAY!”
We PLAY for GOAL 10! The women of San Diego Soccer Women PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION and EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES - and - FIGHT to END DISCRIMINATION.
Actions to INCREASE Women’s Participation in Recreational Soccer at EVERY Age!
Play in women’s recreational leagues
Play in community, co-ed recreational leagues
Manage women’s teams
Recruit other women to play in recreational leagues
Serve on boards for women’s recreational leagues
Serve on boards for adult associations
Own a business that sells soccer merchandise to women who PLAY at Every Age!
Partner with local non-profit orgs to offer beginner women’s soccer programs, such as the YMCA
Volunteer with the Senior Games Association and various older women’s tournaments to photograph, document and publish the stories of age 50+ 60+ 70+ and 80+ women playing soccer
Actions to INCREASE Opportunity for Women and Girls in Sports
Coach local recreational and competitive youth teams
Serve on boards for youth associations
Founder of a local non-profit that advocates for equal and fair housing legislation in the community
Founder of a global non-profit program to increase opportunities for women and girls through donations of sports bras
Partner with sport-related organizations to increase their visibility over social media, such as the cleat donation initiative in San Diego, Legacy Laces
Serve on boards for youth associations
Actions to INCREASE Opportunity and END Discrimination for All
Volunteer for local non-profit programs aimed at supporting girls, such as the Girl Scouts
Joined the Global Citizen online network
Joined the Lewes FC Club as an owner-supporter to support gender equality and human rights
Over the past few months,The Sports Bra Project has provided sports bras to organizations working in areas where not having access to a sports bra can be a barrier to sports participation. Recent programs include:
Bras were provided to participants in Equal Playing Field's world record event and the Festival of Football's program including Yuwa, Street Football World, Football for All Vietnam, Hestia FC
150 new sports bras for the 150 middle school participants in the Beat the Street's NYC-based wrestling programs
Connected through Beyond Sport House, we distributed bras to Free To Run, an organization that works with girls and women in areas of conflict, including Iraq & Afghanistan
Distributed sports bras to B.R.A.W.S, an organization that brings resources to women's shelters
Participated in Football for Equality a one-day festival presented by South Bronx United.
Organization
The 2019 NYC San Diego Soccer Women Squad is playing for Goal 10 - “Reduced Inequalities - the intent to reduce inequality within and among countries.” We see this as creating a world of inclusion within the sports community, rather than exclusion. All humans have the right to be free of discrimination and feel equally protected under the law--and the freedom to PLAY! Inequitable access to soccer opportunities based on the player’s age, gender, citizenship status, financial resources and physical abilities. As women soccer players in our 40s and 50s, we often find face the assumption that all women are mothers (or grandmothers) and married.
Social Media
Tags: #GOAL10 #SanDiegoSoccerWomen #SoccerWomenPLAY #PLAYatEveryAge #Act4SDGs #GGWCup #GGWCupNYC2019 #theSportsBraProject
Goal 10
“Goal 10 calls for reducing inequalities in income as well as those based on age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status within a country. The Goal also addresses inequalities among countries, including those related to representation, migration and development assistance.”
“Too much of the world’s wealth is held by a very small group of people.This often leads to financial and social discrimination. In order for nations to flourish, equality and prosperity must be available to everyone - regardless of gender, race, religious beliefs or economic status. When every individual is self sufficient, the entire world prospers.”
REDUCE INCOME INEQUALITIES
By 2030, progressively achieve and sustain income growth of the bottom 40 percent of the population at a rate higher than the national average.
PROMOTE UNIVERSAL SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL INCLUSION
By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status.
ENSURE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND END DISCRIMINATION
Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of outcome, including by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies and action in this regard.
ADOPT FISCAL AND SOCIAL POLICIES THAT PROMOTES EQUALITY
Adopt policies, especially fiscal, wage and social protection policies, and progressively achieve greater equality.
IMPROVED REGULATION OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS
Improve the regulation and monitoring of global financial markets and institutions and strengthen the implementation of such regulations.
ENHANCED REPRESENTATION FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Ensure enhanced representation and voice for developing countries in decision-making in global international economic and financial institutions in order to deliver more effective, credible, accountable and legitimate institutions.
RESPONSIBLE AND WELL-MANAGED MIGRATION POLICIES
Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies.
SPECIAL AND DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Implement the principle of special and differential treatment for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, in accordance with World Trade Organization agreements.
ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AND INVESTMENT IN LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
Encourage official development assistance and financial flows, including foreign direct investment, to States where the need is greatest, in particular least developed countries, African countries, small island developing States and landlocked developing countries, in accordance with their national plans and programmes.
REDUCE TRANSACTION COSTS FOR MIGRANT REMITTANCES
By 2030, reduce to less than 3 per cent the transaction costs of migrant remittances and eliminate remittance corridors with costs higher than 5 per cent.
Letter to all teams and attendees
Dear 2019 NYC GGWCup Participants & Attendees,
Bring a new sports bra to GGWCup and share your love of the game with an aspiring athlete!
The Sports Bra Project is excited to take action for the SDGs as part of the GGWCup Finals in NYC.
Since 2017, The Sports Bra Project has distributed more than 3,000 new sports bras to 23 different organizations operating in 18 countries, including the U.S.
New York-based founder, Sarah Dwyer-Shick, will be playing on the San Diego Soccer Women Team for Global Goal 10: Inclusion and Equality for all Ages and Genders.
One sports bra = One more opportunity to play!
Ideas for Action:
Donate NEW sports bras at the GGWCup event on September 25th. All sizes and brands are accepted! Collection bins will be on-site.
Request sports bras for your GGWCup players, an affiliate organization or community of girls and/or women in need. (Email Sarah before September 24th)
Talk to Sarah at the event about hosting a collection (or distribution) event through your organization!
To learn more check out The Sports Bra Project and follow them on social media: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.
