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The US National Football League (NFL) hired three female consultants late on Monday to help tackle the increase in domestic violence and sexual assault.
In a memo sent to the 32 teams in the NFL, commissioner Roger Goodell announced that Lisa Friel, Jane Randel and Rita Smith have been hired to “help lead and shape the NFL’s policies and programs relating to domestic violence and sexual assault.”
Friel used to be the head of Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit in the New York County District Attorney’s Office while Randel is the co-founder of No More, a campaign against domestic violence and sexual assault.
Smith was the former executive of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
In another attempt to tackle the ongoing issue, Anna Isaacson has left her position as NFL vice-president of community affairs and is now vice president of social responsibility.
The National Organisation for Women has called for Mr Goodell to step down from his position but did say the appointments were “a step in the right direction but still not enough.”
