England: The FA launches a campaign to promote the practice of women's football at school

The Football Association has launched "Let Girls Play", a campaign to promote women's football that supports the body's "strategic ambition to give all girls equal access to play football in school by 2024," announced The FA on International Day of the Girl, 11/10/2021.

"The Let Girls Play campaign will inspire and empower communities and schools to want to help make change, unlocking equal opportunities for girls to participate in the sport. Only 63% of schools currently offer girls' football in PE (physical education) lessons and our ambition is to have 75% of schools providing equal access to football for girls in PE lessons by 2024," explained the body.

"The campaign supports this ambition by encouraging people to stop, listen and see how they can make a difference to this current challenge. The campaign's website provides inspiring resources to help influence the start of change and allow more girls to feel the mental and physical benefits of exercise through playing football. As part of the campaign, we'll be working with a group of young women aged 14-18. As long-standing…