LAHORE
\nUS Consul General in Lahore Kristin Hawkins has said women become a source of positive change in societies through the life transforming skills and confidence gained from sports.
\nSpeaking at a four-day US funded sports workshop for women at University of Education (UoE) Township here on Friday, she said sports contribute to character-building and help women become positive agents of change and reminded the workshop participants of their unique role as educators, coaches, and mentors in helping young women develop their leadership skills.
\nWith the sole purpose of empowering young women, the workshop was conducted by coaches, trainers, and educators from Baylor University and University of North Carolina, Wilmington, in partnership with the UoE, Township. Female sports educators, trainers, and coaches from 10 schools and four universities across Punjab attended the workshop.
\n\u201cNot everyone, who participates in sports, will go on to play professionally, but the confidence, teamwork, and skills that we learn from sports can help us become a force for positive change, no matter what we do in life,\u201d Hawkins said.
\nThe consul general further said the initiative would impart sports educators in Pakistan tools, experience, knowledge, and support to encourage more young women to participate in sports, adding that sports has physical and health benefits besides enhancing ability to empower, build confidence, and inspire. \u201cThrough sports, students learn teamwork, discipline, cooperation, and leadership,\u201d she added.
\nUoE Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof. Dr. Muhammad Alam Saeed said: \u201c65 per cent of Pakistan\u2019s population consists of youth, of which women are the major part and education and training of women and promoting positive trends among them is a need of the hour,\u201d He said without empowered women, the country could not face challenges of today.
\nHe said the sports workshop would yield positive results as the participants would return to their home universities and implement policies, coaching practices, and sports curricula to improve girls\u2019 access to athletics at their institutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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