This week our host Salim is once again joined by Husam as they talk to Rimla Akhtar, Football Association Counsellor and Rugby League board member. They talk about her journey into the world of sport, touching on the barriers that tend to limit women and people of colour from full-time careers in sports. The discussion moves to focus on external barriers as they broach the topic of the 2007 FIFA hijab ban (and subsequent sports bans) that deeply impacted hijab-wearing women in the space of professional sports. Rimla, being the first visibly Muslim woman on the Football Association Council, talks about the importance of prioritising diversity and inclusion in the area of sports, ending with heartfelt encouragement for minorities to push through unapologetically, making space in sports for themselves and others.

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