Football has to become fully gender inclusive and “change, starting at the top” says the chief executive of Women in Football (WIF), Yvonne Harrison.
The organisation has called on Fifa and national associations to introduce six measures.
They include 30% of the game’s decision makers to be female and systems to ensure that players’ views are heard.
Harrison said, that while she welcomed some progress, “across the game as a whole it’s not enough.”
Speaking in August, Fifa president Gianni Infantino was criticised when he said those looking to progress the women’s game “will find open doors. Just push the doors”.
However, of the 37 people on Fifa’s own council just 22% are women, and one of Uefa’s six vice-presidents is female.