First Nations and Maoris accuse FIFA of using them as a WWC PR stunt
By Samindra Kunti in Sydney
July 18 – Questions are being asked over FIFA’s commitment to First Nations and Maori soccer communities via the Women’s World Cup that kick off this week, with criticism that they are being used as a PR stunt without any real impact on their own football futures and wider acknowledgment of self-determination.
FIFA has used imagery and names from indigenous ‘nations’ and will roll out First Nations and Māori flags at the upcoming Women’s World Cup “to reflect FIFA’s commitment to the Indigenous peoples of the tournament’s co-hosts”.
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