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‘How did none of us think of this before?’: sports bra scheme breaks down entry barriers – The Guardian
By providing access to basic equipment, a not-for-profit is helping normalise women’s involvement in sports at every level
Five years ago, Sarah Dwyer-Shick a youth football coach from the United States spent time visiting friends and colleagues scattered across Africa. Along with mosquito repellent and sunscreen, she carried with her a small bundle of sports bras as gifts for young players in rural Namibia.
When she arrived, Dwyer-Shick found that her gifts were coveted by older players, too including those on the Namibian womens national team. Many of them, she realised, had never owned a sports bra before.
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