The president of Norway’s federation, a rare woman of influence in soccer, is speaking up.

Lise Klaveness doesn’t pull punches. It isn’t her type. To some, that may be a downside. To Klaveness, a former nationwide group participant who’s now the president of Norway’s soccer federation, it’s simply who she is.

So she is going to needle FIFA about its moral conflicts, in regards to the therapy of migrant employees on World Cup initiatives, in regards to the rights of ladies and homosexual individuals. She is comfortable, if wanted, to say it straight to the (largely male) officers at FIFA gatherings, demanding that they, as soccer’s leaders, maintain the game — and themselves — to the next ethical and moral commonplace.

“Politically it made me a bit more exposed, and maybe people want to tell me, ‘Who do you think you are?’ in different ways,” Klaveness, 42, stated in an interview earlier than the Women’s World Cup. Openly elevating questions on human rights and good governance, she stated, additionally “came with a price.”

She additionally believes her positions replicate these of her federation, and her nation. And she says she won’t cease urgent them. “I’m very motivated,” she stated, “and the day I’m not, I’ll quit. I have nothing to lose.”