The long wait and aching pain football fans around the world have experienced during the break from international football has finally come to end. The boring weekends with no live matches to watch has finally come to an end as there is a new football season in sight. Every football fans’ joy is currently on the peak. However, as a new season begins, a new mandatory initiative has been made in the Premier League which is compulsory for players in the league.
You will all bear with me that, quite a numbers of professional and international footballers get involved in cases of rape, sexual violence, defilement and other unlawful sexual activities. Just recently, one our dear stars and midfielder for The Gunners was accused of sexual harassment by his own girlfriend.
In view of this and other sexual cases held against players especially in the Premier League, measures has been put in place to reduce the rate of sex-related cases involving Premier League stars. The Premier League has now introduced a mandatory sexual consent training for players and staff to reduce the rate of sex cases related to footballers and others.
The training comes following recent high-profile sexual- related cases among some top players in the Premier League. Players of each of the 20 clubs in the Premier League will receive training and understanding on harassment and consent and how to address relationship issues among others.
According to the director of End Violence Against Women Coalition, Andrea Simon, the inventiveness is a long overdue and important first step in the right direction. Gender-based violence is now a persistent and spreading issue that must be dealt with urgency across the entire football world.
The Premier League Clubs have been issued to adopt well-defining sexual misconduct policies and protocols and sign a charter to tackle unacceptable sexual behavior especially against women.
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