08/03/2026
The 2026 Fare leaders
For International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month we want to celebrate 12 women creating change.
Leaders set impossible goals, challenge norms and make space. In doing so they show others how it can be done. The women we are celebrating are doing just that within the wider Fare network. For us they are leaders.
Dr Anna Tatar (Poland) is a researcher with the NEVER AGAIN Association.
Daliborka Nikolić (Bosnia) founded and leads the NOVA ŽENA girls’ football team in Sarajevo.
SS Lazio and Italy international Eleonora Goldoni uses her platform to challenge discrimination and promote inclusion.
Erica Puppo (Uruguay/ Netherlands) is Head of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at FIFPRO, leading the organisation’s strategy on anti-discrimination and player inclusion.
Fnaan Woldegiorgis (Netherlands) is Head of Diversity and Inclusion at the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB).
Sociologist Haifa Tlili (France) has been a leading spark in the national debate around France’s football hijab ban.
Former FK Breznica Pljevlja captain Miljana Rondovic (Montenegro) has played a key role in developing women’s football in Montenegro.
Natalie Washington (UK) leads the Football v Transphobia campaign and has been a leading advocate for trans inclusion in sport for over a decade.
Palesa Mashigo (South Africa / Netherlands) is a lecturer and PhD candidate at Erasmus University Rotterdam researching racism and diversity in European football culture.
Reyes Bellver (Spain) is Director of Women’s Football at the Spanish Football Federation and founder of the platform Leadership Woman Football.
Ruth Johnson (UK) has been part of FURD since 1997, building its extensive resources library and supporting community education.
Yemisi Ebofin (UK) is the founder of Yemstars, a women-led community football club in Hackney in east London supporting girls of all abilities.
ℹ️ See farenet.org for full bios of all the 2026 leaders!
