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Where did this story begin? The tourning point was surely in March 2019 after the Czech Post team Yellow Ladies, named after their shiny yellow uniforms, signed up into GGWCup Prague. After this very first big step the group of 9 completely unknown women met for the first time on a training field.
by Magdaléna Benesová.
Read More“The GGWCup is a bright experience, which puts us together in an amazing way. It puts girls, women, and men interested in fulfilling UN Sustainable Development Goals together, which now really matters more than ever before.” - Lucie Mádlová, founder of the Association of Social Responsibility & GGWCup Host Partner for Czech Republic.
Read MoreWednesday May 29, early morning. Hundreds hours of preparations, nervosity and planning are about to become a reality. This day is the day of the very first Global Goals World Cup Prague. In one of the most busiest places in the capital city of Czech Republic, Prague, on the Wenceslav Square in historical part of the city, has grown up through the night like by magic wand the special ladies football arena.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, September 24th we at the GGWCup and the GGWCup Europe winners, Hestia FC, had the honor of being invited to the reception for the EU Delegation at the UN during the UNGA74.
by Nanna Dahl.
Read MoreHow can art and play enable citizens to change the world for the better? Panel discussion during GGWCUp NYC Finals 2019. Moderator: Nanna Dahl - Panel Speakers: Jenn Sander (Burning Man’s Innovation and New Initiatives), Kely Nascimento-Deluca (documentary producer and GGWCup ambassador), Rouble Nagi (Founder of Rouble Nagi art foundation) and Kirsten Allegri Williams (SAP SuccessFactors).
Read MoreTeam Hestia FC to represent the GGWCup Europe and the EU’s commitment to tackling the Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals through sport and physical activity.
New York, September 24, 2019
Read MoreThis Saturday, September 21st is World Peace Day, so we're inviting all our friends to mark the occasion by meditating for peace, and then sharing this time together on a Peace Map.
Read MoreAthletes vie for top prize in the activist tournament for women refereed by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, UN Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador and Game of Thrones actor.
New York, September 10. 2019
While world leaders meet at the UN Headquarters on 25 September, athletes from around the world take part in the 4th annual Global Goals World Cup tournament across town. Held on the 48th floor of the SAP Next Gen space at Hudson Yards …
Read MoreDear 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.
Read MoreSunday September 7th, 2019 Teams Formation and Team Chica's Girls met up in Laurel Hill Park Soccer Ground at Laurill Hill Park, NJ, for the first Friendly before the GGWCup Finals in New York City September 25th.
Read MoreGGWCup NYC Finals Qualifier! Team Green Hope Foundation is playing for Global Goal 13 - Climate Action.
“Our planet is burning , literally -- from the Amazon to the forests in Borneo. Climate change and global warming are the biggest threats to the future of humankind . This a goal worth playing for -- our lives and that of future generations depend on us mitigating climate change.”
Read More”We always had a dream that we would create something that was so universally inspiring, that people all over the world would like to join and make it their own. Now this dream is materializing at a speed that we had never imagined possible,” Co-Founder Rikke Ronholt explains.
Read MoreGGWCup NYC Finals Qualifier! Team Forca Goa from India and winner of the GGWCup Mumbai 2019 is playing for Global Goal 3, 5 & 12.
Forca Goa Foundation is a team that has multiple and diverse Sustainable Development Goals and football runs in their veins. When a team uses football as a tool to empower the people of the country, then we know for sure they will be a force at the Finals.
Read MoreGGWCup NYC Finals Qualifier! Team Believers from South Bronx United is playing for Global Goal 5 - Gender Equality.
“We chose Gender Equality because most of us have experienced inequality when it comes to playing sports as girls.”
Read MoreGGWCup NYC Finals 2019 Qualifier! Team Hestia FC are the GGWCup Europe Champions playing for Global Goal 16.
“My motivation is to fight against any kind of discrimination,” - Katerina Salta.
Read MoreGGWCup NYC Finals Qualifier! Team Greens is playing for Global Goal 15 - Life On Land.
“Greens team chose SDG 15 to play for it in Copenhagen because we believe that a healthy land makes a healthy life and nation and since we are determent to spread awareness about it we will play for it in NY.”
Team Greens played in GGWCup Europe in Copenhagen in May 2019.
Read MoreGGWCup NYC Finals Qualifier! Team Gender Champs from Women Deliver is playing for Global Goal 5 - Gender Equality.
“We know that when the world invests in girls and women, everybody wins.”
Read MoreGGWCup NYC Finals Qualifier! Team Yellow Ladies from from Česká Pošta is playing for Global Goal 3 - Good health & well-being.
“Our slogan is THINK OF PREVENTION. By our activities we want promote programs on breast and skin cancer preventions.”
Read MoreGGWCup NYC Finals Qualifier! Team Formation is playing for Goal 5 - Gender Equality.
“We are all expats living in The US, having moved here from Denmark. We are playing for their Djøf New York department.”
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