Girls just want to play sports
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Alok Deshpande
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The Hindu covered ICRW’s Parivartan for Girls program, which seeks to address gender discrimination using sports, connecting girls with mentors, coaching them on teamwork, skills and empowerment in one Mumbai slum. The article details the importance of the program in shifting deeply-held beliefs about the perceived low value of girls in the community.
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