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As a woman in Albania’s sports arena, Denisa Bishqemi has spent years surrounded by men, but she recognizes the need for Albania’s women to get off the sidelines, and the potential they have to change the

Samar Khan was born and raised in a modest, conservative family in a small village in Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Life for women from her region usually consisted of getting married to a man of their

In junior high, Hanna became interested in soccer. She didn’t have a lot of opportunities to play herself, so she watched it on television and became enthralled. In 1994, the World Cup took place in the

When you ask about Ana Cristina Branco at the Clube Atlético Mineiro, one of the most supported professional soccer clubs in Brazil, nobody knows who she is. If you add the fact that she’s a soccer

Twin sisters, Tashi and Nungshi Malik, have been climbing mountains since the age of 18. They have dedicated themselves to achieving physical and mental feats that are out of the imagination for the ordinary. The world

The slums of Kibera in Kenya are not for the faint of heart. Many of its one million inhabitants live on less than one dollar a day, navigate sewage running freely in the streets, and spend the

Majidah Nantanda grew up with four brothers, believing as a child that she was a boy, too, with all the same rights and privileges. She spent long hours outside with her siblings, testing their skills in friendly

When Grace Chirumanzu was a little girl, there was no such thing as female sports journalists in Zimbabwe, but that didn’t stop her from dreaming of one day becoming a renowned sports reporter. “My superpower has

Júlia had a job as an analyst in the largest bank in Latin America, and she was advancing in her career only three years into the job. The opportunities for growth and development in this field were

Karen Chammas wanted to quit judo many times. She started on the mat at the age of four, but as she got older, she could hear what people were saying about a girl trying to excel in