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This summer our communities were deeply impacted by hate & disorder. Yet solutions & ideas to the deep lying issues have barely been discussed. Join us, Fare, Khalida Popal & more in Sheffield on 5th Dec to plan a different future. Register here : tinyurl.com/5bfb4jrf

📢 Mursal Sadat, a pioneering member of the Afghanistan Women's National Football Team, has become a powerful advocate who fights for the rights of refugees and women living under oppressive regimes. #DefendTheDefenders

This weekend was magical! ✨ We hosted our first-ever *Girl Power Football Tournament* in England with teams from Bradford, Leeds, Sheffield, & Doncaster. ⚽️💪 We took stand against gender-based violence, in solidarity with refugees during *16 Days of Activism*. #16days

Great to take part in Girl Power Org's 11-a-side tournament last week with my FURD team (pictured), Holbeck Moor F.C Women , Republica-I F.C and Route 1 Rovers from Bradford - the most diverse women's football tournament we've experienced so far 👍🏻

It was great to host you. Thank you 🙏 for empowering others and making the beautiful game of football more beautiful and inclusive for all.

Founder of Girl Power Org Khalida Popal told us how when the Afghanistan Women's National Football Team women's youth team came to England as refugees as their lives were in danger, they were met and intimidated by protesters outside their hotel #Unitingourstreetsandcommunities

Our Football Tournament 🏟️ South Yorkshire 🇬🇧! Four teams—Girl Power, @furddayLADIES, Republiclia Int., Route 1 Rovers—came together to kick the ball in the fight against GBV, as part of the global #16DaysOfActivism campaign. Unity is our strength, and football is our tool 🏟️⚽️

Even the lowest lows are still highs when you’re on a journey to make sport equal! ⬇⬆ Thank you for an amazing week, adidas Breaking Barriers & Girl Power leadership Project ❤ #LetsBreakBarriers adidaswomen @adidas

Khalida Popal thank you for your powerful story! I read this book in 24 hours - laughed, cried, held my breath and found myself nodding along with your insights into the role of sport and women's empowerment A must read! Afghanistan Women's National Football Team Girl Power Org

Un balón y unas botas para la esperanza. Khalida Popal 🤜🤛 Girl Power Org youtu.be/1Vj5rRy_r64?fe…

✊ Today at Lezama we received a visit from Khalida Popal, captain of Afghanistan's first ever women's national team, who now lives in exile in Denmark. An honour to learn more about your fight to secure better rights for women in Afghanistan and the rest of the world.

📽️ Khalida Popal-ekin hitz egin dugu, Afganistango emakumezkoen lehen selekzioko kapitaina, gaur egun Danimarkan errefuxiatua. Eskerrik asko munduan zehar emakumeen eskubideen aldeko borrokan eredu izateagatik. ❤️ Athleticzale, San Mamesen ikusiko dugu elkar igande honetan.

📢 For +3 years, Afghan women footballers living in exile have campaigned for #FIFA to intervene and provide them with the official recognition and financial support denied to them by Afghanistan. sportandrightsalliance.org/fifa-recognize… Khalida Popal Girl Power Org

Displaced International calls on FIFA to end the exclusion of displaced Afghan women footballers. By barring the Afghanistan Women's National Football Team from another World Cup cycle, FIFA is inadvertently reinforcing the Taliban’s systematic oppression of women—an act the United Nations and rights groups have

Trailblazing stories from the world of sport. 🌟 The 2025 Vikki Orvice Award for Women’s Sports Writing, in association with LoveReading, shortlist is here... La Vie Jamais Racontée, Nancy Gillen (@pitchpublishing) My Beautiful Sisters, Khalida Popal (John Murray Press)

We're delighted to announce that MY BEAUTIFUL SISTERS by Khalida Popal has been shortlisted for the @charlestyrwhitt The Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awardss for Women's Sports Writing👏 #CTSBA25 #ReadingForSport @sportsbookaward Charles Tyrwhitt

Very sad day. Those involved in women's football have spent decades advocating for women to be able to reap all the benefits that sports provides a person (be it socially, emotionally, physically, mentally, or in so many other ways). That has meant that women's... 1/

The WINNER of the 2025 Overall Sports Book of the Year is... My Beautiful Sisters, Khalida Popal (John Murray Press) Chosen for its extraordinary power, emotional depth, and global relevance, Khaldia Popal’s courageous and compelling memoir tells the story of the Afghan women’s

The Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awards John Murray Press Absolutely loved this book, heartbreaking, inspiring and incredible to read. Thank you Khalida Popal