Following the recent launch of the #SafeHome campaign, a joint initiative by FIFA, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Commission to support women and children at risk of domestic violence, FIFA representatives joined leading policy makers and youth ambassadors this week to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child protection and safeguarding.
Speaking on a webinar organised by the Parliamentary Assembly for the Council of Europe (PACE), Joyce Cook, FIFA Chief Social Responsibility and Education Officer shared the various steps and ongoing work FIFA is taking to raise awareness and strengthen child protection and safeguarding measures in football through the FIFA Guardians programme. She also highlighted the current #SafeHome campaign that was launched in May.