On Tuesday, Federal Councillor Viola Amherd signed a human rights declaration for the 2025 European Women’s Football Championship in Switzerland. The tournament next summer is intended to promote diversity, equal opportunities and inclusion in and through sport.

The other co-signatories include representatives of Uefa, Women’s Euro 2025, the Swiss Football Association and the host cities, as announced by the Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS).

The signatories are committed to respecting human rights as well as social and environmental sustainability, it added. “Our aim is for this European Championship to become a model for future major sporting events in Switzerland,” said Amherd according to the text of the speech.

The European Women’s Football Championship will take place in Switzerland from July 2 to 27, 2025. It will be held in the cities of Basel, Bern, Zurich, Geneva, Lucerne, St. Gallen, Thun and Sion. The federal government is supporting the event with CHF 15 million.