Project background
Women have been playing football (soccer) in the Pacific Islands for almost 50 years and yet their game’s heritage is largely unknown. The development and presentation of this history improves knowledge and fosters community capacity building. Alongside project partners, the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and Women’s Development Officers (WDOs), this project seeks to record and document the heritage of women’s football in the Pacific Islands and work with and learn from those women who play and participate in the world’s most popular sport. The first stage of the project is complete, a significant academic publication (in-press). We will be working with OFC staff to design and develop resources that present stories gathered and enable further knowledge sharing.
In this project, you will be part of a research team working to develop football (soccer) community resources for Women’s Development Officers in a small number of Pacific Islands nations, including Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Tonga and Cook Islands. These resources are a practical community engagement tool to facilitate further data gathering and analysis and support meaningful research dissemination. The resources will be informed by and in turn inform strategic planning development for the women’s game in the Region.
There is flexibility in the days/times that the student can work, and this will be negotiated at the start of the ACPIR SRS.
Background information that may be useful for students considering this project:
You can learn more about the OFC Women’s Football here: