Chelsea's Emma Hayes on encouraging 'little girls to think big'

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00:00 I think for me the legacy of the World Cup is constant reinvestment back into those smaller nations.

00:07 Those without the same privileges and same opportunities of the larger nations or the more established nations.

00:15 For me it becomes absolutely vital and whether it's ensuring that players get paid for what they do

00:23 and the mechanisms to that is done in the right way.

00:26 To then aiding the support of the development domestically within each and every one of those respective countries.

00:34 It all goes back to opportunity and so often everything from the cost of coaching courses

00:43 which can be very cost prohibitive to paid jobs in the industry

00:49 means that we don't get the same opportunities that men do

00:54 and we have to keep building that framework and systems to be able to provide that opportunity.

01:01 Secondly there are plenty of female coaches that can be hired by federations but they choose not to

01:07 which is the question to be asked.

01:11 Why don't we have more when there are a vast number of women coaching across the world

01:16 that are able to fulfil positions and I think it's critical for federations to really think about the value of women

01:24 within their organisation and promote opportunities for them.

01:27 I think we can't talk about opportunity, inclusion and diversity without creating a seat at the table for difference

01:40 and I think we have to live by that and if we want to create opportunity whether that be in India or inner city London

01:48 then we have to have diverse thinking and diverse decision makers to be able to affect that change.

01:56 I'm pretty certain that at the board levels in most places not only the percentage of women are incredibly low

02:05 but I suspect that the lack of diversity in the decision making positions are part of that reason.

02:14 So I think we have to live and breathe what we say we want to do

02:19 but that kind of action is going to require some strong leadership and the bottom line is we have a lot of work to do.

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