Women take center stage on the soccer field in post-Bashir era. How the new female league reflects the new transitional government’s aspirations for Sudan:
KHARTOUM - Sudan has launched a women’s soccer league, a move that reflects the new transitional government’s aspirations for the country and allows female players to push for wider acceptance.
But both male and female fans cheered in the stands as the Eltahadi and Eldifaa teams graced the country’s oldest sports stadium in the capital Khartoum in the league’s opening match on Monday. “At the start we struggled, firstly with acceptance of the idea , and then with the fact that we couldn’t even find a pitch to train on,” said Duria Taqialdin, Eltahadi’s manager.
Sudan’s new prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, has said female participation across society is a priority for his government, citing the prominent role of women in the protests that brought down Bashir.“There is now the political will to make women’s sports one of the pillars of the country’s development and we will work to provide the infrastructure for ,” said Walaa Elboushi, the minister of youth and sport in the transitional cabinet.
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