Bangladesh tackle gender barriers to reach Women’s Asian Cup

Bangladesh’s national football team face daunting odds at their first-ever Women’s Asian Cup, but have already scored a major victory by qualifying. In the South Asian nation of 170 million, social stigma, family expectations, poverty and religious hardliners have long relegated women and girls to sports sidelines. The first women’s football league matches took place […] The post Bangladesh tackle gender barriers to reach Women’s Asian Cup appeared first on Digital Journal.