"See us kick some goals": Nepali women's experience in Football participation in Australia

In this third episode of "Nepali Football in Australia" we talk about few Nepali women's experience of playing football in Australia and Nepal. Despite men taking most of the limelight in Football in Nepali community, these women are asking for change.

Nepali women's soccer players taking part in local tournament.

Anupama Gurung, a former miss Earth Nepal and passionate sport enthusiast since her childhood, shares her experience being raised in Singapore and how her sporting experience was different when she moved to Nepal at the age of 20.

"At first, the boys hesitated to have a girl in their team, but I was determined to show them what I was capable of".

 Similarly, Bobby Lama talks about some of the challenges she faced when she and few of her close friends decided to form a Nepali women football team in Melbourne.

"There was no proper Nepali sports team for women here, not just for football but for any sport in our community".

 And Kripa Gurung talks about how joining a football team in Melbourne has helped her boost her confidence and now she wants her daughter to follow her footsteps.

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