Hummel backs Afghanistan Women equality fight with new home shirt design

Sportswear brand hummel has contributed to the Afghanistan Women’s national team’s fight for equality with the release of a new statement home shirt.

The team is rebuilding its identity after being forced to flee the country following the Taliban takeover in August last year.

Not only were the women’s football players forced to suspend action, Zakia Khudadadi missed the opportunity to make history at the 2020 Paralympics due to the ongoing turmoil.

Khudadadi was due to compete in the Para-taekwondo contest and would have become Afghanistan’s first ever female athlete at the Paralympic Games.

The lives of so many Afghan residents were shaken after the Taliban seized control of the capital.

Afghan women were placed in huge danger after Kabul fell to the extremist group. The movement previously held power between 1996 and 2001, during which time it enforced its own version of Sharia law, severely restricting the rights and freedom of women.

The regime forbade women to work or study, with imprisonment and even execution facing those who went against these newly enforced laws.

As athletes and activists, the Afghanistan women’s national soccer team faced danger under Taliban rule. So the Australian government welcomed them — all 75 athletes, officials, and relatives — to seek refuge within its borders. pic.twitter.com/2x1vBssBkw

Thankfully, with the help of global players’ union FIFPRO, 77 Afghan athletes and family members, fled Kabul.

The Afghanistan national team was reunited in Australia after being granted visas and recently announced its return to competitive football.

The youth team was also successfully evacuated following help from former captain Khalida Popal. Media personality and businesswoman Kim Kardashian