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Marianne Meier is a historian and political scientist who studied in Fribourg/Switzerland, North Carolina/USA and Siena/Italy.
She is the deputy head of the centre for Sport and Development and researcher at the Swiss Academy for Development (SAD).
In 2005 she was mandated by the Swiss government (SDC) to conduct a cross-cultural study specifically focussing on gender equity, sport and development in Iran, Zambia, and Northern Caucasus. Furthermore Marianne conducted workshops on monitoring and evaluation for NGOs and/or coaches in Sri Lanka, Germany, Kenya, South Africa, Morocco, Zambia, Malawi, Colombia and Namibia. She is currently managing a M&E project within the framework of “Football for Hope” mandated by FIFA and streetfootballworld.
Her book “Tender feet on hard leather” on the history of female football was published in 2004 and awarded a price for Gender Studies at the University of Fribourg/Switzerland. She is in the course of finalizing her Ph.D. studies at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Marianne is a member of the Executive board 2009-2013 of IAPESGW (International Association for physical education and sport for girls and women) and member of the Advisory council of Women Win.