The Women's and Girls' Football Committee of the Ukrainian Association of Football is actively working on the implementation of a new development strategy for women's and girls' football in Ukraine. For this purpose, representatives of the UAF have made several working trips to regions, including Volyn and Rivne Oblasts.

On January 22 in Lutsk, an expanded meeting of the Women's and Girls' Football Committee of the Volyn Football Association took place. The meeting was attended by representatives of the UAF, namely: Head of the Women's and Girls' Football Committee of the UAF Anastasia Kliapachenko, Deputy Director of the Women's and Girls' Football Department of the UAF Ruslan Didenko, and member of the Women's and Girls' Football Committee of the UAF Alisa Dubrova. They presented a presentation that highlighted plans for the development of women's and girls' football as well as current problems and possible ways to solve them.

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In turn, the head of AFAV Vitaliy Kvarchanyan emphasized the importance of developing women's football and proposed new formats for competitions, including organizing a regional championship among girls' teams and mixed tournaments for younger age categories.

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Also present at the meeting were leaders and coaches of teams "Ladomir" (Volodymyr), "Amazonka" (Lutsk), DYSK (Manevichi), KDSHK (Horokhiv), DYSK (Kamian-Kashyrskyi), DYSK (Ratne), DYSK (Lokachi), DYSK (Rozhysche), "Legion" (Lutsk), "Respekt" (Lutsk), as well as leaders of district and city football federations in the Volyn Oblast. They actively participated in discussions about future plans for the development and prospects of women's and girls' football in Volyn.

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On January 23, for the first time, a meeting of the Women's and Girls' Football Committee of the UAF took place in Rivne Oblast. During this meeting, the development of women's football, difficulties faced by local teams, and ways to solve them were discussed. In particular, representatives of football clubs drew attention to insufficient motivation and support from local authorities. Anastasia Kliapachenko presented a contemporary project for comprehensive development of female players aimed at all-round preparation of girls - both on the field and beyond it. This approach will help coaches and football clubs in raising players into strong individuals capable of achieving success both in sports and in everyday life.

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"Our goal is to better understand the situation in each region and determine ways to improve it, so that more girls engage in football and competitions. We aim to increase respect for women and women's football in Ukraine, as this is a crucial step towards its development," — noted the head of the Women's and Girls' Football Committee of the UAF Anastasia Kliapachenko.

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Working trips are held in a dialogue format, which allows for taking into account the needs of regions and effectively collaborating with local communities. The Committee continues to work on implementing initiatives that will contribute to the development of women's football and engage the next generation of girls in their beloved sport.