WOMEN'S FOOTBALL IN TOGO: ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The aim of this study is to understand fundamentally the organizational and functional problems of the Togolese football federation, and especially those which prevent the development of women's football in Togo. The strategic analysis of Crozier and Friedberg (1977) and the organizational approach of Friedberg (1993) served as a theoretical framework to appreciate the organization of women's football in Togo and to make suggestions for its development. A qualitative survey of 27 subjects (4 members of the federation, 15 league members and 8 club leaders) revealed that the organization of women's football in Togo is done empirically, without a real action plan despite the existence of a central committee for women's football.