Women's World Cup 2023: FIFA in talks for One Love armband solution
news.sky.comLGBTQ rights at the men's World Cup in November after being threatened with sanctions by FIFA.But when asked about them being worn at the Women's World Cup, Mr Infantino said today in London: "We are looking for a dialogue and we will have a solution in place well before the Women's World Cup.
I hope so."Williamson said she wants to be allowed to wear the One Love armband in Australia when the European champions open their World Cup campaign in July, saying it would be a "great stage and a great time to promote the values we believe in so much".Unlike Australia and New Zealand, Qatar has laws prohibiting same-sex relations and some fans were blocked from having rainbows on their clothing during the World Cup.England and Wales were among seven nations that announced last September they wanted to wear One Love armbands in Qatar.Read more:England to face Denmark and China at Women's World CupBut there was no clear response from FIFA for two months until the days before their opening games when they were warned "sporting sanctions" could be imposed because the armbands were not an approved piece of equipment under the World Cup tournament regulations."I think we all went through a learning process there," Mr Infantino said after a meeting of football's lawmaking body."What we will try to do better this time is to search and look for dialogue with everyone involved - the captains, the federations, the players generally, FIFA, from all over the world - to capture the different sensitivities to explain, to exchange and to see what can be done in order to express a position, values or whatever feeling that somebody has without hurting anyone else in a positive way."The Women's World Cup features openly gay players - something.
