Leadership and governance of football has always been the preserve of men as the game itself until recent interventions, But in the male-dominated battle for supremacy at the various level of football administration a few women have stood up to challenge, and the stereotypical way of manning football by making their voices heard in football administration.
Aisha Johansen is one of such figures who has risen to break socio-cultural barriers and demystify the archaic ideology that only men can steer the affairs of the beautiful game.
Born in 1965 as IshaTejan-Cole, Johansen epitomizes intelligence, courage and determination. In the aftermath of the Sierra Leonean civil war,
Aisha Johansen founded the Johansen Football Club with the objective to provide hope, opportunities and guidance to children who had been hit badly by the war. Less than a decade after its inception, the team made their Sierra Leone’s top flight football in 2011.
Soon after she took over the reins of Sierra Leonean football in 2013 after her main rival Mohammed Kallon was declared unfit to stand for the elections by the SLFA.
She became one of two women to achieve such feat and is the first woman to serve on FIFA’s Security and Integrity Committee and also the only woman currently on the CAF Executive Committee.
Click Link below to hear Aisha Johansen’s full Story in an exclusive Chat she had with Joy Sports George Addo Jnr.
Latest Stories
-
Government pushes for use of more local materials in housing, other infrastructure projects
7 mins -
Dr Bawumia extends Easter greetings to Christians
18 mins -
CAF Confederation Cup: ‘Ghanaians should expect victory against Stade Malien’ – Dreams FC forward Ishmael Dede
48 mins -
CAF Confederation Cup: ‘We want to go there and win’ – Karim Zito on Stade Malian clash
1 hour -
Togbe Adzie Lãkle Howusu XII endorses youth leadership as New Force Movement gains momentum
2 hours -
Public Utility Workers Union appeals to PURC to address power crisis
2 hours -
Anbariya loses another appeal in Kumasi as Appeal Court ratifies High Court ruling against the Islamic Institute
2 hours -
Highway construction health hazard: Ofankor-Pokuase-Nsawam residents appeal for dust relief
2 hours -
SuperJazzClub releases its first single of the year ‘Off’
3 hours -
Methodist Church to lobby Akufo-Addo for expedited assent to anti-LGBTQI+ Bill
3 hours -
Spare health facilities from unplanned ‘dumsor’ – Minority to government
3 hours -
Eritrea Observed World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 2024
3 hours -
Just give us ‘dumsor’ timetable to plan our operations – GMA tells ECG
3 hours -
Parliament petitions Chief Justice for an expedited hearing of cases against anti-LGBTQI+ Bill
3 hours -
The Attorney General vs NDC impasse – why they ‘fight’
4 hours