FFA board member Moya Dodd has been awarded the IOC Women and Sport Oceania Trophy.
She received the honour following her works championing women’s rights within the game while raising global awareness about the need to bring more gender diversity into all areas of sports governance.
The award was part of the IOC 2016 Women and Sport Awards held in Lausanne.
IOC President Thomas Bach paid tribute to all the winners.
“The world of sport needs courageous men and women to lead the change towards gender equality.
"These Women and Sport Awards are very important because without these personalities whom we are honouring, the athletes could not achieve their goals."
Ethiopia’s Dagim Zinabu Tekle became the first male to receive the World Trophy.
Continental winners were Felicite Rwemarika (Africa), Dr Carole Oglesby (Americas), Maria Leonor Estampador (Asia) and Majken Maria Gilmartin (Europe).
“It's very gratifying for football to be recognised in this way,” Dodd said.
“There is without question an unstoppable global movement towards greater inclusion of women in sport.”
Dodd joined the Football Federation of Australia board in 2007 and soon became the first woman elected to the Executive Committee of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
In 2009 she became a Vice President of the AFC, sits on the FIFA Executive Committee and is Chair of the FIFA Women’s Task Force.