Sport-Global initiative for female athletes expands to nine nations

Aug 21 : The Global Alliance for Female Athletes (GAFA) has expanded from four to nine members with Canada, France, Germany, Japan and Switzerland joining the initiative, the Australian Sports Commission said on Friday. Aimed at improving health and performance outcomes for women in sport, GAFA was launched last year by organisations from Australia, the U.S., Britain and New Zealand.Ireland and Belgium have also joined the initiative as supporting partners.The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), which helped establish the alliance, said the new members would strengthen international collaboration in addressing research gaps and enhance support for female athletes, coaches and sports medicine practitioners. "The growth of GAFA to nine nations shows there is enormous appetite around the wor