The International Esports Federation (IESF) <\/strong>has announced a partnership with GIRLGAMER Esports Festival<\/strong>, a competitive esports event focused on celebrating women.
GIRLGAMER and IESF will work together to develop the first edition of a women’s CS:GO tournament at the World Esports Championship later this year in Indonesia.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
The IESF, a global esports federation, runs the World Esports Championship<\/a>, its flagship event set to culminate in December 2022 in Indonesia. The World Esports Championships features national teams in different esports titles, ranging from CS:GO to Dota 2 to fighting games.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
GIRLGAMER and IESF said they would “work together to further cement values such as diversity and inclusion” within esports.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
IESF also mentioned in a release that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Women in Games (WIG), a non-profit organisation focused on creating an equal and safe environment for women in gaming.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
The IESF did not announce further details about the qualifiers or prize pool for the female CS:GO tournament. However, the overall World Esports Championship prize pool is $500,000 (~\u00a3373,000)<\/a>, which will be distributed across six games: PUBG Mobile, Dota 2, CS:GO, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, and Tekken 7.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
The prize pool for this year is significantly larger than in 2021, when it stood at $55,000 (~\u00a341,000).<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n
IESF Secretary General Boban Totovski<\/strong> commented:\u00a0\u201cWe are thrilled to be working with GIRLGAMER to continue expanding competitive opportunities for women in esports.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
Hosting the first CS:GO Tournament at the World Esports Championships Finals will be a historic moment for the entire World Esports Family and we can\u2019t wait to work on even more initiatives together to create a more inclusive World Esports Family for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Image credit: IESF \/ GIRLGAMER The International Esports Federation (IESF) has announced a partnership with GIRLGAMER Esports Festival, a competitive esports event focused on celebrating women. GIRLGAMER and IESF will work together to develop the first edition of a women’s CS:GO tournament at the World Esports Championship later this year in Indonesia. The IESF, a … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":123840,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","esi_template":"default","excluded":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,51,106],"tags":[11921,4509,881,4712,13932],"class_list":["post-123839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-counter-strike","category-events-calendar-news","category-latest-news","tag-female-esports","tag-girlgamer","tag-iesf","tag-international-esports-federation","tag-womens-esports-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n