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Nationally-certified referees
inspire players to pursue
a future in professional sport.
The Mahila Premier League
is proud to be
a fully women-run initiative:
organized by women, played by women, and refereed by women.
Maya Lama, National Referee
"One thing unique about the Mahila Premier League that gives me joy is women organizer, women player, and women referee. This makes me really happy. It is good that the girls step forward. Wherever I go there are mostly tournaments for boys and not many tournaments for girls to be seen.
One of the core reasons why girls in sports is lacking behind is due to the irregularities in opportunities to play. There is a huge gap after each tournament and it’s only during the tournament that activeness starts. If we are able to keep the same pace of activeness throughout the year, girls will make a major leap in sports. This will encourage girls empowerment through sports.
There are lots of unseen players. If there are no tournaments or competitions, players start to lose their interest in sports. It would be great if this league would be held every six months."
Radhika Shakya, National Referee
"Girls need to explore different opportunities given by women’s organizations. They will need to watch different games and analyze the right sport that suits them. They will need to contact friends, make a team and start playing.
There should be more opportunities to play like this one. Tournaments and leagues encourage girls to train rigorously. The major problem seen in sport is that after each tournament there is a huge gap of one year or even sometimes 3 years of gap. This situation in sport makes the development of players slower in pace. For example, players often say, 'what’s the use of going for training everyday when there is no tournament coming up?'"
