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Dominica’s senior women’s team with Mr Otashie Spring, President of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation (SVGFF). Photo: DFA Facebook page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As part of the WIFA Women\u2019s Tournament, the Dominica Football Association teams participated in a seminar aimed at empowering women in sports.\u00a0 According to information on the Association’s social media, the seminar was held under the auspices of the United Nations and the Build Back Equal Project. The theme for the day was \u201cOur Goal\u2026 Her Equal Rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

Focused on mental health and physical health, presentations included gender-pertinent breast and reproductive health. A range of panelists, distinguished in their fields,\u00a0 shared their expertise with the young women.<\/p>\n

The list included Yoland London, Chair of the SVGFF Executive Women\u2019s Committee; Dr. Peters, an Acute and Emergency Medicine Specialist; Dr. Jozelle Miller, a Clinical Psychologist; Dr. Nekeisha Lewis, an OBGYN; and Rhema Lewis, a United Nations representative.<\/p>\n

The WIFA tournament is being held in St Vincent and the Grenadines from September 14-20, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As part of the WIFA Women\u2019s Tournament, the Dominica Football Association teams participated in a seminar aimed at empowering women in sports.\u00a0 According to information on the Association’s social media, the seminar was held under the auspices of the United…","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":348849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[262,235,9,14,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-348847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gender","category-homepage-carousel","category-news","category-regional","category-sports"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDA teams part of empowering seminar for women in sports - Dominica News Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/da-teams-part-of-empowering-seminar-for-women-in-sports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DA teams part of empowering seminar for women in sports - 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