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ActionAid Bangladesh (AAB), a nonprofit organisation has insisted on ensuring safe participation of females in different types of sports aiming to increase public awareness about physical activity and eliminate gender discrimination.
As part of the AAB’s continuous efforts, it also organised a friendly football match in a playground of Bashundhara Residential Area on Friday in partnership with Sports Bangla Foundation, said a press release.
The Happy Home girls of ActionAid Bangladesh and the Peace Home girls of Local Education and Economic Development Organisation (LEEDO), who secured a spot to play at the Street Child World Cup Doha 2022, participated in this friendly match.
Farah Kabir, country director of ActionAid Bangladesh inaugurated the football match at 10:30 am where Red team defeated the Green team by 4-3 in a tiebreaker.
Farah Kabir congratulated the both teams and said, “It is important for girls to participate in sports. We have taken this initiative to increase public awareness about the importance of physical activity and eliminate gender discrimination that limits the opportunity of young girls to be active in sports.”
Everyone has a role to ensure their safety, especially underprivileged youth who do not have access to facilities, she said.
ActionAid Bangladesh strives to empower women and girls and advocates for a holistic approach to develop future women leaders considering their mental and physical wellbeing, she added.
Rayan Sharif, secretary general of Sports Bangla Foundation said, “We are driven by our mission to support young people with athletic talent to achieve their full sporting potential and bridge the gap in sports inequalities.’’
LEEDO has taken the initiative to educating girls as a social responsibility and in establishing their social status through extra-curricular and recreational activities, said Forhad Hossain, founder and executive director of the organisation.
ActionAid Bangladesh has supported 17,489 girls through Happy Home since 2006 and currently, another 86 girls were residing in the Home.
