UEFA: launch of "Time for Action" a programme dedicated to developing women's football (2019-20)

"For the first time in its history, UEFA has launched a dedicated women's football strategy. It commits UEFA to a five-year strategic framework with the aim of supporting, guiding and lifting both women's football and the position of women in football across Europe," said the body on 17/05/2019. "UEFA will invest in programmes and initiatives to support a balanced delivery of this plan from grassroots to elite levels."

According to the European Confederation, "the UEFA women's football strategy aims to reach the following goals by 2024:
• Double the number of women and girls playing football in UEFA's member associations to 2.5 million
• Change the perceptions of women's football across Europe
• Double the reach and value of the UEFA Women's EURO and the UEFA Women's Champions League
• Improve player standards by reaching standard agreements for national team players and putting safeguarding policies in place in all 55 member associations
• Double female representation on all UEFA bodies."

"Measures taken in the last three years include increasing UEFA's funding to its women's…