Act to Change: Empowering Women Through Sport | Khalida Popal | TEDxAUBG

Khalida shares with us a bit about her backstory and shows us how she helps to empower women all over the world through sport.

Video produced and edited by: Nikolay Shopov Khalida has been a global champion of female empowerment, beginning her journey in her home country Afghanistan where she helped found and served as captain for the Afghan National Women’s soccer team. This led her to become the first ever female to be hired by the Afghanistan Football Federation.
Though conflicts in her home country compromised her safety, she did not let it conquer her mission. Khalida relocated to Denmark and continued to fight for women’s rights by establishing the Girl Power Organization. This organization aims to encourage migrant and refugee girls through sports to rise to their full potential.
Khalida’s determination is evident both on and off the soccer field through her work with human rights advocacy. She has stood as a pillar of strength and support to female soccer players young and old during times of adversity in Afghanistan, having helped girls and their families from the senior and junior national teams escape the threats and relocate. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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