#heather rabbatts

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Revealed: Britain’s first black female footballer after case of mistaken identity

Emma Clarke, who was playing in the 1890s, has been established as Britain’s first black female footballer and her remarkable story is being brought to life in a play

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‘Frustrated’ Dame Heather Rabbatts to stand down from FA board http://www.footballparadise.com/frustrated-dame-heather-rabbatts-to-stand-down-from-fa-board/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

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News of Dr Eva Carneiro’s departure from Chelsea FC makes me feel sadness and anger. Eva was one of the few very senior women in the game, a highly respected doctor who has acted with professional integrity in difficult circumstances and whose skills have been highly praised by her colleagues, the club and governing bodies. On the 8th August Eva fulfilled her duty as the senior medic and responded to the referee to enter the field of play to treat a player. Any other response would have been a dereliction of her duty and a breach of GMC guidelines as confirmed recently by the organization of Premier League doctors. In acting properly she was then subject to verbal abuse and public criticism and in effect demoted by her removal from the bench. Her departure raises a serious question on how players are safeguarded if their medical support is compromised. In addition, as chair of the Inclusion Advisory Board, I have a responsibility to support women in the game and Eva has been a role model for many girls and women who aspire to work in football. Her treatment sends all the wrong messages. The footage of the abuse she has endured in silence from the stands during her career is something we should all be ashamed of. Being passionate about the game is also about standing up against abusive chanting, bullying and insults to a fellow professional. As a member of the board of the FA, I can make no comment on the FA investigation currently under way and this is rightly a matter for the regulation team. However, I believe that all those who have an interest in these issues and who have a duty to safeguard relevant policies and procedures raise their voice in support of Eva and question how she has been treated. I hope that Eva’s own situation can be resolved quickly and positively, that she will be able to continue to work in a senior position within the game and that steps are taken to ensure that professional integrity is protected and women are properly encouraged to be a part of our national game, including at elite level.

Heather Rabbatts, Football Association board member.

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[Heather Rabbatts] told me it's lonely being a woman in football sometimes. She knows better than most. She's the only black female on the FA board, and in 2006 she became the executive chairwoman of Millwall, where she set about trying to improve the club's reputation. She has never been shy of criticising the FA around an area where they need change, and to its credit the FA is now implementing a women in leadership programme in an attempt to create a more diverse workplace. Rabbatts says she would love to see a time where she was no longer "the only one" and speaks about football as a "closed system" where historically women had been excluded (quite literally in the case of the FA - in 1921 it banned women from playing football, a ban that remained for 50 years). Now, she says, there needs to "more visibility" where women "shout from the rafters" about sexism. "Ultimately though," she told me, "it's a long and steady march to make the game more accessible and free from abuse".

BBC

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FA rejects claims of racism

Board member Heather Rabbatts has dismissed claims from the Society of Black Lawyers (SBL) that the FA is “institutionally racist.” View Source - Liveitall.com