Shirikisho la Mpira wa Kikapu Zanzibar
Wasichana

Girls pathway

The obstacles are specific. The answers have to be specific. ‘Girls are welcome’ is not a programme.

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What gets in the way

  • No kit, or kit that does not fit
  • Transport after dark
  • A court where men have taken both hours
  • No woman in the coaching group, so a parent says no
  • Teasing when a girl is new and the ball feels foreign
  • Sessions that clash with chores or madrasa without anyone asking

What the Federation will do

Girls Game Lab

Weekly skill lab, women-led, ages 10–18, at each hub once that hub is open. Boys are not in the room unless they have been invited as passers for a planned drill.

Hours that were asked for

Each hub agrees its girls’ hour with parents once a term. The hour is painted on the notice, and the men’s booking does not eat it.

Home transport

For under-16s, the session ends with a named walk-group or a Federation-arranged ride on roads where walking is the risk. Budget this. Do not ‘hope the brothers come’.

Mothers’ court

Once a month the court is for mothers and aunts, not as comedy, as basketball. A parent who has played will send her daughter.

Female coaches

Target: at least one licensed woman coach in every premier club by 2028, paid at the same session rate as the men.

Into the league

ZNBL Women is the destination. A girl leaving Game Lab at 16 has a club introduction, not a dead end.