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Our Champion for Peace

Maria Toorpakai

Sport is a valuable channel to promote gender equity and to strengthen women and girls’ capabilities.


In Pakistan, she had to disguise herself as a man in order to play her sport. Threatened by the Taliban, she emigrated to Canada to follow her sporting dream.

Country

Pakistan

sport

Squash

Achievements

2 titles on Professional Tour

Monaco

Speaker at the 9th Peace and Sport International Forum

Champion for Peace, Maria Toorpakai, was speaker during the session “The journey towards gender equity in sport” at the 9th Peace and Sport International Forum.