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International Boxing Has FINALLY Allowed Women To Wear Hijab And The Internet Is Celebrating
Until last week, international rules for women’s boxing prohibited them wearing hijab.
However, following an announcement on Monday, the rule has been revoked. This is a huge win for competitive boxers and opens up the sport on an international level to so many.
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) officially changed their guidelines, now allowing female boxers to wear hijabs for religious purposes.
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The International Boxing Association rewrote the rules, allowing women everywhere to box in hijabs. A huge win for me and for women across the world.
Zeina Nassar
German boxer Zeina Nassar was one of the first to proudly announce the news
The internet is here for this
The International Boxing Association has finally approved the wearing of sport hijabs in international fights!
A huge win for me, a huge win for women across the world.#justdidit
— Zeina Nassar (@ZeinaNassar9) February 18, 2019
Amazing!?????? #WOCatWork
— Mirja (@mimiworldwide) February 20, 2019
Days later, Nike released their female focused ad, the tagline “Show them what crazy dreams can do”
The powerful ad has been viewed over 13.5 million times in just a day, part of Nike’s ‘dream crazy’ campaign, it’s narrated by tennis superstar Serena Williams, it’s amessage to all women and it inspires them to ‘dream crazier’.
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