Secretary Clinton to Launch Women’s World Cup Initiative: Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports
Office of the SpokesmanWashington, DCMay 31, 2011
On June 6, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will launch the Women’s World Cup Initiative: Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports, at the Department of State with members of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team and youth soccer players from around the world.
This joint initiative by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues harnesses the power of sports and international exchanges as a means to empower women and girls worldwide.
The event will take place at approximately 9:30 a.m. in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the Department of State. The event will be streamed live on www.state.gov .
The Women’s World Cup initiative includes:
– Sports Visitor Program
Through the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ SportsUnited Office, 18 teenaged female soccer players and their coaches from Bolivia, Germany, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Palestinian Territories and South Africa will travel to the United States May 31-June 9 through the Sports Visitors Program for a 10-day exchange. During this time, the young athletes will travel to New York City and Washington, D.C., where they will meet with the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team and play soccer with local teams. The delegation will also meet with local community organizations that provide sports opportunities for youth with disabilities and mentorships through a soccer and literacy initiative.– Sports Envoy Programs
Partnering with U.S. Soccer, former Women’s National Team players Briana Scurry and Amanda Cromwell traveled in May as Sports Envoys to Germany to lead soccer clinics and engage young audiences in Berlin, Dresden, Wolfsburg, Sinsheim and Frankfurt. Additional Sports Envoys will travel to Brazil this summer.– Women’s Sports Management
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ International Visitor Leadership Program will lead a parallel 10-day international exchange program for five sports management professionals. With an emphasis on the administration of women’s and girls’ soccer programs, the program will allow the visitors to exchange ideas and best practices in the management of sports and recreational programs with their American counterparts. They will examine how athletic programs for women and girls promote leadership, teamwork, respect, self awareness and life skills, and how sports and recreation programs can make a positive impact on at-risk and underserved youth.Visit www.exchanges.state.gov/sports for more information.
Still4Hill 
We’ll see who’s better with a soccer ball, her or Bill. Since the event is indoors, I guess she won’t be kicking any soccer ball, but on the off chance they take it outside for pictures, this is what she’s up against.
Not exactly World Cup calibre, is he?
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That’s cute. I love it!
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Soooo much concentration. Secretary Clinton won’t be so informal, but if she were, I think she’d do better. Bill Clinton can do many things well. Soccer doesn’t seem to be among his skills.
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it looks like something outta Monty Python
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😀 Hahahaha!!!!
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I used this picture in a blog post and mentioned the Ministry of Silly Walks. In the article that this picture came from he was described as resembling “a debonair flamingo”.
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I SAW that post! You should post he link. LOL!!!! I LOVE the Ministry of Silly Walks!
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Bill isn’t exactly dressed for a soccer game. I think he would do better with different clothes and different shoes. But Hillary could still beat him, I’m sure! 🙂
And yeah, it would be cool to watch her kick a soccer ball around. Not in the Benjamin Franklin Room, though. Too many precious, irreplaceable antiques.
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No! Not around the antiques!
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Personally I think Hillary would hand bill his head in sports. She just seems like she is better at it him.
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I think you’re right. He makes a great spectator, but that’s about it.
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She beat him at golf which she really doesn’t play and didn’t want to that day.
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Pictorial evidence?
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I have a pic but it’s not online and it doesn’t prove she beat him either. She really did not want to play golf. I don’t blame her. I think it’s boring. I have a bored picture of her – also not online. WP doesn’t let you attach pics that aren’t online. *Booooo….*
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Here she is. Don’t know if this is the day though. Still, she looks pretty serious about it.
http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/755/651/50335690_display_image.jpg?1298868243
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I wonder if she could beat Obama at golf? I would guess not, since he gets so much more practice at it than she does.
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Speaking of Obama and golf, I found this picture of the President and Vice President when I was looking for one of the Secretary and it makes me laugh.
http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/755/626/610x_display_image.jpg?1298867746
Who’s got a good caption?
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in her book she says she both hates golf and is not good at it.
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Maybe her squire let her win so he could cheer for her when she did.
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Hillary’s father won a football scholarship to go to college. Sports were important to him and Hillary was pretty good at baseball and swimming. She also practiced winter sports. In baseball she was so good that the boys always wanted her in their team.
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Ace shortstop! And that’s the hardest position!
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