The UN celebrates FIFA’s decision to suspend Rubiales and criticizes his “clearly inappropriate” behavior
UN Women Spain has gathered more than fifty signatures in a manifesto to celebrate FIFA’s decision to suspend Luis Rubiales as president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation for his “totally unacceptable abusive behavior” in the final of the Women’s World Cup.
The document celebrates the actions initiated by the Higher Sports Council in Spain against Rubiales, which may temporarily redouble the sanction, while the Administrative Court of Sport (TAD) studies the complaints received against the behavior of the recently suspended president of the RFEF .
“The Spanish women’s soccer team is the undisputed world champion. Their skill and achievements should be the center of attention. Instead, totally unacceptable abusive comments and behavior have turned these regrettable performances into something less deserving of celebration,” it said. read in the statement.
UN Women Spain has brought together more than 50 politicians, businessmen, actors and journalists, as well as women from other professionals, to defend “zero tolerance for any form of abuse or harassment, anytime, anywhere, in women’s sport “.
The letter is supported by the former President of the Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero; the former minister Jordi Sevilla; the former minister and president of Red Eléctrica de España, Beatriz Corredor; the president of the Court of Accounts, Enriqueta Chicano; the president of Fundación Mujeres and former leader of the PSOE Elena Valenciano; and Olympic champion and former COE vice president Theresa Zabell, among others. It also has the express support of other organizations such as Plan International Spain, Mujeres Avenir, Platform of Children’s Organizations POI, Fundación Mujeres, Oxfam Intermón, Political Watch and ‘mas-democracia.org’.
2023-08-28 06:20:25
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