BBCNEWS 100 Women Challenge December 29, 2017
To a long standing issue. Welcome to the bbcs 100 women challenge. Rio dejaneiro is a city famed for its passion for sport. It was home to the 2016 olympic and Paralympic Games and hosted the most recent football world cup in 2014. The beautiful game is adored by millions here but has an ugly past for almost a0 years, women were banned from playing football in brazil. A government decree said it wasnt suited to the female form, so from 1941 to 1979, women could not play. Though the ban is now lifted, its legacy lives on. Its a real struggle for brazilian women to be taken seriously in football...
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