User:Castieditor3/Adele Willie
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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 change
Willie 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