Wednesday 2 March 2016 16:55, UK
Measures that will see at least six women be part of the new FIFA Council have been labelled as "huge" by Reform Committee member Sarai Bareman.
Gianni Infantino was voted in as new FIFA president on Friday but last week also saw a raft of new measures brought in including a requirement for each continental confederation to have at least one female member.
Bareman, who is deputy secretary general of the Oceanic Football Confederation, told Sky Sports News HQ: "It's huge for women's football and for women's representation within the administration of football.
"It's a very, very important step in the reform process for FIFA and for women particularly I think it is a huge step."
Calls for stronger female representation at the administration level of the game have grown louder after a year of scandal for world football's governing body.
Six of the 207 federations voting in last week's presidential election sent women to cast their votes but Bareman was the only woman who was part of the 13-strong panel responsible for drafting FIFA reforms.
"It's unique being the only woman in the room and with women comes a different sort of a mindset," she said.
"It's been proven in many academic studies that more diversity in a decision-making body leads to better decisions so I am looking forward to having more women alongside me."
Annie Zaidi was a guest on Tuesday's Sportswomen show on Sky Sports News HQ and the Midlands-based football coach - winner of the Helen Rollason Award for Inspiration at the 2015 Sunday Times and Sky Sports Sportswomen of the Year Awards - hopes women are being given decision-making powers for the right reasons.
She said: "I think we could do with more women. Why six? We could become the majority if needed.
"It's a step in the right direction for now and we have to see how effective it is but is it for tokenism or are they are employing women who know their stuff?"
