AFL Barwon is the governing body overseeing Australian rules football in the Geelong and greater district.

Rather than being organised by the GFL, GDFL, or the BFL, the competition is managed under the AFL Barwon banner.

The competition was renamed to AFL Barwon Female Football ahead of the 2019 season.

In March 2024, following extensive consultation[3] AFL Barwon announced that the competition would transition from playing mostly on Sundays to scheduling Saturday matches from 2025.

[4] The divisions has had the following organisations as naming rights partner for each season: In May 2019, an AFL Barwon Female Football representative team coached by Geelong AFLW player Melissa Hickey, and captained by Barwon Heads' Emma Allen, played the Northern Football Netball League.