A new FIFA Women's Football Survey has been made available today, with the results being used to provide recommendations across all six confederations. FIFA has also revealed 298 women's football projects that have been approved so far for 2015 for 120 member associations.
The survey was conducted in 2014 with the aim of gathering information on six key areas related to women's football ranging from governance to integration, participation to investment, awareness to perception.
It has been published on www.FIFA.com and was also presented during the meeting of the Committee for Women's Football and the FIFA Women's World Cup today.
A total of 177 member associations (MAs) answered the survey, amounting to a response rate of 85%. The main findings included:
*23% of the MAs have dedicated staff for women's football
*80% of MAs have a senior team and 50% have youth teams
*78% of MAs have a national women's football league
*82% of the top women's football leagues are managed by Mas
*Number of registered players: 4,801,360
*Girls at grassroots programmes: 1,166,926
*Global participation: 30,145,700
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