Home Game Festival

The 5th international Women’s Football & Culture Festival “HOME GAME” in August 2016 welcomed eight women’s football teams from around the world – about 100 football players, coaches, referees and activists – were invited to participate in this event in Berlin. The program included workshops and training sessions as well as public friendly matches, exhibitions, panel discussions and forums, outdoor activities, concerts and films.

Maintaining the idea of bringing together women from all over the world on the basis of football, in 2016 the event focused explicitly on the current global situation of refugee movements: Discussions and (theoretical as well as playful) approaches around the questions of how to address these new challenges through football: How are our teams affected by players’ experiences of flight or migration? How can football help to welcome new players from other countries? How can we create a more inclusive football that fights for female refugees’ rights? Therefore, the 4-day friendly tournament was played in mixed teams and the 2-day preparation workshops and training sessions being held before and during the tournament were also mixed. 

Highlights in Berlin Kreuzberg at the Willy-Kressmann Stadium: Workshops (2 days) – Coach-the-coach peer-program – Football Tournament (4 days) – Cultural program (concerts, films, etc.) – Panel discussions – Girls Football Camp  – Art Exhibition – International Multimedia Exhibition – Action Day to Berlin´s Refugee Camps – Digital Storytelling

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