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Adele Willie is a female sports commentator. Willie is from Vanuatu.[1] She is among a group of the first female sports commentators from the Pacific Islands.[1] Willie provides commentary on soccer.[1] She discusses soccer in her own indigenous language, which is Bislama. [2] Willie is one of the first commentators from the Pacific Islands to cover the Women’s World Cup. [3]
Career
changeWillie and her two friends and colleagues, Jannesa Hinge Moli and Lavenia Yalovi were the first female commentators to go to the Women’s World Cup from the Pacific Islands. [3] Willie, Hinge Moli, and Yalovi trained for 8 months through an organization called WINS (Women in News and Sports) to get the opportunity to speak about soccer at the World Cup. [2] Willie and Hinge Moli talked in Bislama, and Yalovi talked in Fijian. [4]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rosman, Rebecca (June 19, 2019). "'Commentary for Good' brings underrepresented languages to the Women's World Cup". The World.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Australia: The pacific road to the women's world cup. (2019, May 31). Asia News Monitor Retrieved from ProQuest
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Pacific women get historic opportunity". Oceania Football Confederation. 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
- ↑ 3 PACIFIC WOMEN ALL SET TO BOARD PLANE FOR WOMEN'S WORLD CUP IN FRANCE. (2019, May 28). Gov Australia Live (Australia). Available from NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current