{"id":12782,"date":"2021-11-09T21:36:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T21:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=12782"},"modified":"2021-11-09T21:36:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T21:36:15","slug":"empowering-women-through-cricket-sport-can-help-tear-down-barriers-and-stereotypes-dr-shaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/empowering-women-through-cricket-sport-can-help-tear-down-barriers-and-stereotypes-dr-shaw\/","title":{"rendered":"EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH CRICKET &#8211; \u201cSport can help tear down barriers and stereotypes,\u201d Dr Shaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12783\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Picture-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Picture-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Picture-1-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Lahore;The Australian High Commission and Kinnaird College for Women with the support of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) hosted the Girls\u2019 Cricket Cup 2021 in Lahore.High Commissioner\u00a0 Dr Geoffrey Shaw, congratulated the schools on their participation and thanked Kinnaird and PCB for their valuable support.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cSport can help tear down barriers and stereotypes,\u201d Dr Shaw said. \u201cWe hope to empower these girls by giving them an opportunity to play cricket and compete on the sporting field.\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3>To prepare for the tournament, top PCB coaches led the girls on a three-day coaching clinic.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cWe are very grateful for the participation of first-class women cricket coaches and members of the Pakistan National Women\u2019s Team, who took time out to build the girls\u2019 confidence and encouraged them to push beyond the boundaries,\u201d Dr Shaw said.<\/h3>\n<h3>The High Commissioner highlighted Australia&#8217;s commitment to support gender equality in Pakistan, and the value of sport as a tool to promote this important objective.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cAustralia prides itself in championing gender equality and inclusion in sports and investing in increased participation in sport for women and girls. By providing these opportunities we hope to support the next generation of female sports leaders,\u201d the High Commissioner said.<\/h3>\n<h3>The Principal of the Kinnaird College for Women, Rukhsana David said, \u2018I welcome the Australian High Commission\u2019s collaboration with the Kinnaird College \u2013 to provide these young schoolgirls a forum to compete for this Cricket Cup. Kinnaird is happy to host this initiative to empower girls through sport and promote leadership skills among young girls.\u2019<\/h3>\n<h3>The 3rd Girls\u2019 Cricket Cup involved teams from four schools and sports institutes: Government Junior Model School Samnabad, Government Higher Secondary School Umer Block Iqbal Town, Government Central Model School Gulburg lll and girls from underprivileged background at the Kinnaird Academy.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore;The Australian High Commission and Kinnaird College for Women with the support of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) hosted the Girls\u2019 Cricket Cup 2021 in Lahore.High Commissioner\u00a0 Dr Geoffrey Shaw, congratulated the schools on their participation and thanked Kinnaird and PCB for their valuable support. \u201cSport can help tear down barriers and stereotypes,\u201d Dr Shaw [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,84],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12782"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12784,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12782\/revisions\/12784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}