5 | Human rights legacy opportunities • Addressing sexual and gender-based violence including violence associated with alcohol consumption, through education and training opportunities and communications campaigns. • Increasing the opportunities for and the participation of Indigenous children and young people in football, particularly for women and girls. • Increasing visibility of the needs of and opportunities for participation by disabled people in all areas associated with the tournament. • Improving accessibility in multiple stadium and hotel facilities. • Creating para-football teams. • Conducting a players’ rights impact assessment to examine the pipeline of players of the FWWC2023 and beyond, and comprehensively assessing the systemic human rights impacts on players in conjunction with players associations. • • • Meaningful partnerships and Indigenous representation. Having a Māori voice at every level of decision making will make building relationships with tangata whenua easier. Having the cultural capability to engage and demonstrating a commitment to working in genuine partnership will be required. In Australia, it is important to engage with elders and traditional custodians from the different traditional lands upon which the tournament will be taking place, recognising the diversity of cultures and perspectives. • There are significant opportunities for FIFA to use the tournament as a platform for social change and to create positive impacts by strengthening and demonstrating its commitment to Indigenous rights. FIFA working with its Member Associations to communicate and uphold standards of gender equality, and exercise oversight of funds marked to drive gender equality and other diversity and inclusion initiatives. – Stakeholders mentioned the positive example of Hinewehi Mohi deciding to sing the Māori language version of the New Zealand anthem for the first time at a sporting event. This greatly promoted Māori language rights, but stakeholders noted it was a personal decision rather than being systemically backed by government or official entities, and they emphasised that with FIFA’s support, these kinds of legacy opportunities can be greatly enhanced. FIFA working with its Member Associations and players associations to establish a framework for minimum standards and accountability and to identify situations of extreme labour exploitation of players that form part of the pipeline of players participating in the FWWC2023. During First Nations consultations, the following opportunities were identified. Where reference has been made to the Indigenous peoples of Australia or Aoetaroa New Zealand specifically, this was due to specific engagement with respective representatives from those groups. 66 It was however recognised that the human rights risks identified are likely to relate to Indigenous peoples in both host countries, and accordingly, learnings from these consultations should be reviewed as part of FIFA and the local entities’ Indigenous engagement more broadly. • Enduring benefits for Indigenous peoples globally could be achieved by ensuring that learnings and good practices, from this and previous tournaments, are embedded into FIFA’s ongoing operations.