All refugees, boys and girls, need access to the classroom. Making sure everyone has equal access to quality education must be a priority.

In our Bulletin: 💪🏽 @Malala backs women’s sports ⚽️ @EE supports girls’ growth through football 🥊 @AFD_France & @IOCmedia tackle youth crime in Asia 🙌🏽 @Enable_Tweets champions disability inclusion 👉🏽 https://t.co/f9PwH4A67i

It was an honor for us to showcase our efforts in combating racism and gender-based violence against women, and to highlight how sport has served as a powerful vehicle for positive change. Thank you 🙏 for the opportunity

Next up in Countering Hate Speech Week ➡️ thematic event on building partnerships and reclaiming inclusive spaces free of hatred. With @Morocco_UN @EssexHRC @gariwo_onlus @Girlpowerorg1 @NazilaGhanea @peacemakersnetw @Ch_JesusChrist @UNZambia Live now 📺 https://t.co/ic0DQczgfy

The WINNER of the 2025 Overall Sports Book of the Year is... My Beautiful Sisters, Khalida Popal (@johnmurrays) 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

@sportsbookaward @johnmurrays Absolutely loved this book, heartbreaking, inspiring and incredible to read. Thank you @khalida_popal

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/

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

We're delighted to announce that MY BEAUTIFUL SISTERS by @khalida_popal has been shortlisted for the @charlestyrwhitt @sportsbookawards for Women's Sports Writing👏 #CTSBA25 #ReadingForSport @sportsbookaward @ctshirts

Displaced International calls on @FIFAcom to end the exclusion of displaced Afghan women footballers. By barring the @AfghanWnt from another World Cup cycle, FIFA is inadvertently reinforcing the Taliban’s systematic oppression of women—an act the @UN and rights groups have

📢 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. https://t.co/YijQ3iwRHC @khalida_popal @Girlpowerorg1

📽️ @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.

✊ 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.

Un balón y unas botas para la esperanza. @khalida_popal 🤜🤛 @Girlpowerorg1

@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! @AfghanWnt @Girlpowerorg1

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

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 🏟️⚽️

Founder of @Girlpowerorg1 @khalida_popal told us how when the @AfghanWnt 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

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

Great to take part in @Girlpowerorg1's 11-a-side tournament last week with my @furdday team (pictured), @HolbeckMoorWFC , @Republica_FC and Route 1 Rovers from Bradford - the most diverse women's football tournament we've experienced so far 👍🏻