Strengthening Women In And Through Football In Iraq & KRI
“When I met the otherparticipants, I saw that theyare all like me: courageousand motivated to enhancefootball in Iraq.”Courageous and MotivatedExamples of Grassroots CollaborationStrengthening Women in andthrough Football in Iraq & KRI
2Courageous and Motivated Examples of Grassroots Collaboration S t re n g t h e n i n g Wom e n i n a n d t hr o ug h F oot b a l l i n I ra q & KR IIllustrations by Amenah Bidan
3shared knowledge and rich experiences thatthey each brought into the programme.From March until December 2021, DISCOVER FOOTBALL facilitated a leadership programme for women leaders in football fromIraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). Theprogramme consisted of 10 online leadershipworkshops, a conference in Berlin/ Germany in October 2021, multiple self-organizedwomen’s football events (action days), and anetwork meeting in Erbil in November 2021.20 women in football leadership positionstook part in the programme, including players, coaches, referees, club officials, sportsadministrators and journalists from Iraq andfootball experts the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) Region.- Participation in an international footballconference in BerlinThrough the Leadership Programme participants further developed their leadership skills,gained a deeper understanding of women’srights, practiced networking skills, created aspace for exchanging ideas and initiated local activities. Participants benefited from theSpecific Programme Contents- Planning and conducting football events(action days) in local communities- Developing strategies to improve existingfootball structures- Creating visibility and using (social) mediafor women’s football- Ensuring sustainability of change processesin football structures- Improving interpersonal skills as a leaderReflecting on personal development andsetting SMART goals- Developing mental strength and resilienceto deal with an unsupportive environment- Strengthening awareness for gender-baseddiscrimination in society and football- Enhancing collaboration and mutualsupport between women in footballIn this handbook, we have collected contributions of the programme participants to provide an insight in their work and the way theyfelt their work was impacted by their participation in the leadership programme. Moreover, the documented actions and projectsserve as best practice examples for grassrootscollaboration for improving football structures for women and girls.DISCOVER FOOTBALL would like to thank theGIZ for funding this project and all participantsfor all their knowledge and contributions.The project is financed by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)GmbH on behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany.Courageous and Motivated Examples of Grassroots Collaboration S t re n g t h e n i n g Wom e n i n a n d t hr o ug h F oot b a l l i n I ra q & KR IDISCOVER FOOTBALL PROGRAMME 2021PARTICIPATION & LEADERSHIP STRENGTHENING WOMEN IN ANDTHROUGH FOOTBALL IN IRAQ & THE KRI
4Sarah Munadhil Abdulwahid Al-Bayati(Baghdad)VOLLEYBALL PLAYER STUDENTFUTSAL PLAYERSarah is a young volleyball player, playing forAl-Shabab Sports Club. She also has experience in other sports, such as swimming andfootballNadia has been playing soccer since she was12. She has already played for many clubs andis currently playing futsal.Noor Alhuda Jasim Mohammed Al-Hammed(Maysan)Nadia Fadhli Abdulameer (Wasit)FITNESS TRAINER SOFTBALL PLAYERZina Abdul-Jabbar Hattab (Baghdad)FOOTBALL COACH I AL-JAISH SPORTS CLUBZina is a football educator team and a national women’s team , a handball and taekwondo player, the Arab silver champion, and theyoungest open-ended football coach in awell-known club, El-Jaish Club. A postgraduate student responsible for the Special SportsDivision, and assigned the position of thewomen’s section in the Ministry of Youth andSport, the Minister’s office. She holds sensitivepositions in the Women’s Football Federation.Noor is an enthusiastic athlete in differentdisciplines: handball, volleyball, football. Sheworks as a fitness trainer and plays softball.Faten Malallah Alwan (Baghdad)FOOTBALL COACH I CAPTAIN OF IRAQI NATIONALTEAMFaten has been very active in Iraqi women’ssoccer since 1999. She is known as the captainof the national team and coaches women insoccer.Rana Al-Omairi (Baghdad)STUDENT I UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDADRana is studying physical education andsports science at the University of Baghdad.She was involved in many organized sport activities, so football became part of her dailylife.Courageous and Motivated Examples of Grassroots Collaboration S t re n g t h e n i n g Wom e n i n a n d t hr o ug h F oot b a l l i n I ra q & KR ILEADERS IN FOOTBALLPROGRAMME PARTICIPANTS FROM IRAQAND THE KRI
5Khoze Hameed Abdullah Hamo (Dohuk)JOURNALIST I FORMER FOOTBALL PLAYERTEACHER I COACHFatimah grew up in Syria and loved playingfootball from an early age: “Football is mylife!”. She played football for Biladi Women’sClub/ Al-Zawraa Club. Actually she works as areporter at UTV IRAQ channel.Khoze started playing football in 2007 andcoaching in 2016. Besides her job as a collegeteacher, she has been coaching a team of theAkree club since last year and is a coach assistant of the national team.Sohad Mohsen Mohammed Mohsen Alzobeidi ( Maysan)Ibithal Mohammed Youssef (Mosul)MINISTRY OF YOUTH AND SPORTSSohad works for the Ministry of Youth andSports and is responsible for the women’ssector in Maysan. She forms women throughvarious sports.Ibithal is a PhD student in Physical Educationand Sports Sciences at the University of Tikrit.Her specialization is sports psychology forpeople with a disability. Ibithal is also a psychology coach for people with a disability.Amenah Bidan (Baghdad)Intisar Nawaf Abd (Diyala)TRANSLATOR I ILLUSTRATORFOOTBALL TEAM LEADERAs an illustrator, Amenah works on a series ofstories that raise awareness on women’s football and promote it. Football is her passion.For more than ten years football has been Intisar’s passion: From her point of view football is one of the most popular sports andcan be extremely helpful for young people.She works for Spirit of Soccer, an organizationwhich delivers programs for children in communities devastated by war, in camps for refugees and Internally Displaced People.Robina Gorgis Shamo (Dohuk)COACH I FOOTBALL ANALYSTRobina is head coach and analyst in the Dohuk Women’s Sport Club, former footballplayer and former Fastlink Academy Coach foryoung ages.PHD STUDENT, UNIVERSITY OF TIKRIT I COACHCourageous and Motivated Examples of Grassroots Collaboration S t re n g t h e n i n g Wom e n i n a n d t hr o ug h F oot b a l l i n I ra q & KR IFatimah Al-Quzweeni (Baghdad)
6BASKETBALL PLAYER I FOOTBALL COACHGrown up in a family of athletes, Ata has beenplaying football for over 15 years in variousIraqi clubs. After her PE studies she started tocoach football and other sports in cooperation with international NGOs. Besides being abasketball player for the Iraqi national team,she coaches young football teams.EXPERTS FROM THE WEST-ASIAAND NORTH-AFRICA REGIONCOOPERATING IN THE PROGRAMMEEsraa Awad (Cairo, Egypt)FOOTBALL PLAYER AND ACTIVIST IN CAIRORajaa Chatah (Tripoli, Lebanon)AZM SCHOOL I ASIAN FOOTBALLAhed Dheaa Younis (Mosul, Nineveh)CONFEDERATIONFUTSAL COACHAhed works as a futsal coach and a futsal referee. She supports and works especially withyoung women.Fadwa Elbahi (Tripolis, Libya)HERA ORGANIZATIONLyne Ismail (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)FA LEVEL 2 CERTIFIED FOOTBALL COACH ANDCOMMUNITY ACTIVISTYasmeen Shabsough (Jordan)FOOTBALL COACH AND FORMER NATIONALPLAYERCourageous and Motivated Examples of Grassroots Collaboration S t re n g t h e n i n g Wom e n i n a n d t hr o ug h F oot b a l l i n I ra q & KR IAta Dawood Raban (Duhok)
7Dohuk Women’s Sport Club (DWC)Initiated in 2007 / 2019Text contributed by Robina Gorgis ShamoBefore starting, I would like to thank ChriskYounis and Nalla Super for believing in mycapabilities and trusting me within this. I ampleased and proud to be the head coach andanalyst of the team. I am looking forward tobeing the first and champion of the year. Theclub started in 2007, but unfortunately, it gotclosed for some reason. However, the doorsgot re-open by 2019 to the present day.As a Coach, Knowing to manage and work forprogress is a big expectation which I hope weas a club get to professionalism. While as ananalyst, I have been promoting the development of our favorite sport among clubs andindividuals. I provide a complete set of products to bring together videos, data, and information on each player, competition, or game.All in one place!The challenge is enormous! I know where weare right now, and I also know the expectations from the club, which is immense. However, I am very ready for this. We had challenges of players being in different cities (Duhok,Erbil, Kirkuk, and Sulimania), which was hardto gather and train initially. Nevertheless, weovercame it and are again training as a complete team due to the many challenges ofstudying, working, and distances. I hope forsuccess for our team.So far so, our team has been training for about3-4 months to be prepared for two championships starting by December 2021. We aimfor top first, of course! Because the playersare fully integrated into it. I hope we will bedifferent. We are excited to begin a differentbut fresh new fall season. However, I wouldbe remiss if I did not mention lessons learnedwhile operating through a pandemic. It hasbeen a challenge, but rest assured, DuhokWomen’s Club is in good hands under the capable leadership of our board and staff. Wehave looked within to retrace our history, adjust to an ever-changing demographic landscape, and are busy recalibrating our strategicplan with newly acquired lenses.One thing for sure, the Women’s Club has always been steadfast in its mission, and hereis an excellent description of what I think attracts many to our unique community. Whenyou have a clear purpose that people arealigned with, coupled with a culture of caring, individuals can experience a true senseof belonging and a connectedness betweenthe concept of purpose and care. Belongingemerges at this intersection. And It’s important to surround yourself with others whoshare a common purpose, care about yourself, those you serve, and those you work with.When connected with others in this way, youwill develop a sense of belonging that engages you to do more extraordinary things thanyou imagined.Courageous and Motivated Examples of Grassroots Collaboration S t re n g t h e n i n g Wom e n i n a n d t hr o ug h F oot b a l l i n I ra q & KR IBEST PRACTICES OF WOMEN’S FOOTBALL
8Conducted by Noor Alhuda JasimMohammed Al-Hammed and Sohad MohsenMohammed Mohsen AlzobeidiText contributed by Sohad Mohsen MohammedMohsen AlzobeidiA women’s sports event was held in MaysanGovernorate for different ages. The event included an awareness lecture on the importance of sports in our daily life and anotherlecture on the prevention of breast diseasesand the importance of early detection andprevention of breast cancer. The lecture wasgiven by Dr. Laila. A friendly football matchwas held, where some participants were playing for the first time and were very pleased.The bell team (for blind men) participated inthe event in support of the female component, after which prizes were distributed tothe participants. It was an important incentive for women’s sports in the governorate,which is the first of its kind, and which left apositive impact on the women of the governorate. Thank you, Discover football, and GIZfor your financial and moral support.Courageous and Motivated Examples of Grassroots Collaboration S t re n g t h e n i n g Wom e n i n a n d t hr o ug h F oot b a l l i n I ra q & KR ISelf-Organised Action Day in MaysanNovember 10th, 2021
9Conducted by Nadia Fadhli Abdulameer,Zina Abdul-Jabbar Hattab, Sarah MunadhilAbdulwahid Al-Bayati, Faten Malallah Alwan,Amenah Bidan and Intisar Nawaf AbdText contributed by Amenah BidanWe booked the Alshabab Club pitch in thecenter of Baghdad. We invited families tojoin and play together. Everything was readystarting from the jerseys, the gifts which wereballs and catering. The organizers made sureto provide water, juices, food, audio, cameras and drones to capture everything well,and the artistic banners of the match whichwere drawn specially for this action day. Theorganizers organized a match between thewomen’s team and the men’s team (whowere family members and relatives of thewomen team) to encourage the families tosupport their daughters to play football, normalize female football, and show that thereis nothing to be ashamed of if your daughter wants to play football. It was a fun dayand the kids joined as well. The organizersgave their speech at the end of the match tospread awareness of women’s football andthat football is our peace message for everyone. Balls and stickers were given to theplayers and their families as gifts. The organizers made sure to give everyone participating certificates and at the end they filled anevaluation of the action day. The match resultwas 2-3 for the Women’s team. The feedbackof this action day was amazing and everyonewas happy and pleased of this action day forhow unique it was and as a first of its kindto happen in Baghdad, and they even askedfor another action day like this one. The families got the message of the action day andtheir feedback was mind blowing. They wereso happy, excited and proud while looking attheir daughters/cousins doing what they love,which is playing football. We as organizers ofthe action day felt proud when we saw howpeaceful and encouraging the atmosphere ofthe match was.As a part of Baghdad Action day I drew thebanners and also made stickers drawn by meabout women football to give them to the attendees. Their feedback after giving them thestickers was so sweet and encouraging.Courageous and Motivated Examples of Grassroots Collaboration S t re n g t h e n i n g Wom e n i n a n d t hr o ug h F oot b a l l i n I ra q & KR ISelf-Organised Action Day in BaghdadNovember 12th, 2021
10Conducted by Ata Dawood Raban, RobinaGorgis Shamo, Khoze Hameed AbdullahHamo, Ahed Dheaa YounisText contributed by Ata Dawood RabanAn activity was conducted in Khanki camp forthe displaced and survivors of ISIS crimes inIraq. Inside the camp, it was the first time thata sports activity took place, due to the lackof support for women’s sports in Iraq. Even inschools, there is no lecture or sports section.A recreational sport activity was conductedinside the camp, which included the appearance of players playing football for the firsttime, and the number of participants was 30players. Recreational friendly matches andother activities were held to cultivate cultureand sportsmanship. An activity was also conducted for young children and a group ofcartoon characters were drawn on the face.Motivational prizes and footballs were distributed to all participants during the activity.In conclusion, the activity was very wonderful and there were positive responses fromeveryone and they demanded sports supportand the resumption of the activity and making it on an ongoing basis.Courageous and Motivated Examples of Grassroots Collaboration S t re n g t h e n i n g Wom e n i n a n d t hr o ug h F oot b a l l i n I ra q & KR ISelf-Organised Action Day in KhankiCamp for Displaced PeopleNovember 24th, 2021
11”The most important goal is also trust, support and success in the field of sports byspreading a culture of awareness in order to form a special women‘s team””The difficulties were great, especially in a closed society and asociety that rejects this idea, but I am strong and I will stand against thedifficulties at the present time and the next time.””I am in this program to improve myself, to teach othersthe things that I know and to learn from everyone!””It is great to know all these women. I feel like I have more self-trustand self-confidence because of you.””What I really like about the program is the empathy we have for each other.Iraqi women’s football will be fine because of you.”Courageous and Motivated Examples of Grassroots Collaboration S t re n g t h e n i n g Wom e n i n a n d t hr o ug h F oot b a l l i n I ra q & KR I”By participating in the DISCOVER FOOTBALL organization, I found myselfproud to have arrived at this stage and to be able to become a team leader or beresponsible for a sporting event in southern Iraq.”
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