Gender Equality Pakistan Project #49692

Chitral Women's Sports Club

by Women Win

Project Report | Jul 23, 2021
Thank You

By Karishma Ali | Project Leader

Dear Supporter,

Thank you very much for your kind support and for believing in Chitral Women's Sports Club mission to empower young Chitrali girls through sports.

Our plans for coaches training program had to delay further towards the end of 2021 because of the rising COVID-19 cases. Currently we might face another lockdown because of the fast spread of delta variant. Our top most priority is the health of everyone around us.

We are hoping that with the ease of COVID-19 around September, we can organise a tournament for local games of Chitral. We want to involve both boys and girls in this to make it more inclusive. We believe it is important for boys to participate in games with girls to realize that women too can excel in sports, to respect them and take them as their equals. At the same time in collaboration with humanitarian optimism psychosocial education we plan to conduct therapy sessions for local women and girls because it is becoming increasingly important with the rise of the suicide rate in Chitral.

Our work with Al Zahra Polestar School Chitral continues as we sponsor their sports goods. We spoke to the owner of the school to make sports not just a part of their curriculum but to actually practically work to get their students involved in sports.

Thank you for standing up with Chitral Womens Sports Club in fighting for a more inclusive society.

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Feb 22, 2021
Thank You

By Karishma Ali | Project Leader

Javeria holding the bat & ready for a shot during

Dear Supporter,

Thank you very much for your kind support and for believing in Chitral Women’s Sports Club mission to empower young Chitrali girls through sports.

In 2020, because of COVID, we could not carry out our activities the way we do every year.

The past year as you know has been stressful for everyone around the world. It has been even more stressful for the vulnerable community which also includes girls from underprivileged backgrounds. In Chitral, boys find ways to be part of outdoor activities but it was not the same for girls. Schools were closed which meant staying home and doing chores for girls.

On September 4, we organised a one-day cricket tournament for girls. The aim for the activity was to get girls back on the field and to have some happy time. We had 5 teams and played 8 matches.

We then went on to organise a football exchange program between 23^rd to 29^th January 2021. The activities included a football camp under the supervision of expert coaches that have experience in harnessing the talent in young girls during the week long activities to aid progressive training. 37 girls including 5 officials travelled from Chitral to Islamabad during the exchange program. We saw tremendous change within the girls by the end of the football exchange program.

For our next project, we want to focus on the local coaches. We want to organise training for coaches. We are negotiating with schools on putting emphasis on sports. Along with that, in 2021 we plan to organise a football, volleyball and a cricket camp along with tournaments.

Thank you for standing up with Chitral Women’s Sports Club in fighting for a more inclusive society.

Javeria holding the bat & ready for a shot during

Young footballers and coaches from Chitral

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