FIBA supports the development of future female leaders through the Adelante program. Focus on management and administration, while also working towards increasing gender diversity and establishing new pathways and support networks across different countries.
Developed in May of 2020 as a six-week virtual program, ADELANTE was designed to identify, educate, motivate, develop and unleash the next generation of female leaders in the Americas. Aiding in the development of the program were the two most senior female representatives of Americas in FIBA, first-ever woman FIBA Americas President Carol Callan and Central Board member Michele O'Keefe.
One of FIBA’s strategic pillars is to develop and grow the participation of women in basketball, including developing future female basketball administrators and increasing gender diversity in FIBA and national federations.
FIBA’s European Regional Office has even built programming off of the success of the ADELANTE program, developing WiLEAD to identify, educate, motivate and develop the next generation of female leaders in management and administration, and creating new pathways and a support network.
ADELANTE puts qualified women in the pipeline so that when FIBA and/or a national federation looks for new staff or a volunteer leader, they will have numerous qualified choices from both genders.