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INSIDE LINES: Girls on top is aim for executive position
Independent on Sunday, The, Sep 3, 2006 by Alan Hubbard
You've come a long way, baby, they used to say in the days of Women's Lib. Well, women's sport certainly has in the UK, though not far enough according to the ladies who punch their weight in various sporting activities. The launch at Charlton FC of a three-year project aimed at teaching women administrative skills was a lively affair which suggested we will see a lot more females in executive positions in the near future. Actually, they haven't done badly, with Tessa Jo well as head of DCMS, Olympics Minister Sue Campbell spearheading UK Sport, and Brigit Simmons chairing umbrella body CCPR. And Kate Hoey was the best sports minister since Denis Howell until Blair booted her out when the chauvinistic football lobby bent his ear. But there's still a long way to go - Dorset's Sue Hough, the only woman member on the 93-strong FA Council, pointed out that no women applied for the FA chief executive's job. Pity' Heather Rabbatts, a barrister and BBC governor who is Millwall's executive deputy chairman, has the credentials that would have given the old boys' brigade plenty to think about. "Even the Millwall fans are scared of me," she says. "And that's saying something."
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