ranian women were allowed to attend a live stadium soccer match on Thursday for the first time in ab
ranian women were allowed to attend a live stadium soccer match on Thursday for the first time in about four decades, following a recent threat from FIFA to suspend the country for its discriminatory bans. The decision to allow women into the stadium is a huge win for Global Goal 5, which aims to achieve gender equality by 2030, but it is still unclear whether the ban on women is permanently lifted. Read more at this link.(: Vahid Salemi/AP) -- source link
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