Breaking Barriers: Creating Safe Spaces for Women in Football | Iqra Ismail | TEDxWarwick Salon
TEDx Talks·2026-04-06 16:18

Football wasn't designed for people like me. At least that's what that's what I was told. There's no space for people of my background. Muslim hijabw wearing women, black women, and I appoint any woman at all. So, how did I get here? How am I now working full-time in football? I guess for me it all started at 8 years old running around in the playground chasing a football and really I fell in love with the game the same way that anybody else did by playing it constantly. At 14 I signed for my first ever tea ...

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