Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Amman: The first-ever Women in Sports Law (WISLaw) meeting in Asia took place on Thursday on the sidelines of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Jordan 2018 in Amman.
WISLaw is an international, non-profit association based in Switzerland aiming at promoting women in the sports law sector, through scientific and networking events, annual meetings and annual reports. It is an association of a group of women from different parts of the world specialising in sports law. One of the primary aims of WISLaw is to bring women in the sports law sector together through regular educational and networking events.
Honorary President of WISLaw Moya Dodd introduced the aims of the organisation to the participants who work in various areas of the game and come from Australia, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia and Vietnam.
Dodd noted that WISLaw also provides visibility for women working in sports law: “There are plenty of extremely qualified women working in sports law but they are often invisible,” she said.
The participants were provided with a summary of the legal framework which forms the basis of all AFC competitions, including the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Jordan 2018. Procedures and processes at the AFC disciplinary level were covered, as well as at the appeal level, along with briefly discussing CAS, the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The judicial bodies involved and the disciplinary decision-making process at competitions were also introduced.
The list of various regulations and guidelines relevant to the AFC Women’s Asian Cup include the competition regulations, safety and security regulations, competition operations manual, the rights protection programme, anti-doping regulations, disciplinary and ethics code.
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