Football has to send a message to the Taliban that women belong at work, in the classroom and on the football pitch
Now that teams, fans and sponsors have left Qatar, Fifa is turning its attention to the Women’s World Cup in Australia next July. World football’s governing body is hoping for a smoother event, where people can watch matches and “have a moment where we don’t have to think about this”, as its president, Gianni Infantino, said, referring to the uproar over human rights abuses and player protests in Doha.
Perhaps that’s why Fifa has so far ignored pleas from the Afghan women’s national team to officially recognise their players. Since August 2021, the athletes and coaches have been living as refugees after a harrowing escape from their country, where they feared they would be arrested or killed as members of a well-known women’s team in Afghanistan.
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