Female Football Frontiers

The main purpose of the project is to support girls and women to become healthier physically and mentally by developing friendships and improving your confidence through playing football. The project is based in Maesot on the Thai-Myanmar border and is open to all girls and women focusing on migrants and other local females. Please read about the project team members…
Ji
"I have been doing many different sports since my childhood and doing sports made me feel relaxed, and increased my self-confidence. Football was one of the sports that I wanted to try when I was a child, but I hardly had female friends to play football with. This was probably because football was still considered as a men’s sport. After moving to work in Mae Sot, I started playing girls football with friends here. I then realized that all women have capacity to play this sport, and should have a chance to train and develop football skills. So, I decided to be a part of the Female Football Frontiers project which tries to help increase the opportunity for women to play football and to help improve their skills, also to increase their self-esteem. I hope that the project will promote that the sport belongs to everyone not just one gender or group, football is also for women." Daen
"I have had a passion for football since I was a child and started playing football with my friends when I was 8 years old. When I grew up, I spent lots of my free time playing football and I really wanted to play at the professional level but I couldn’t make it. I then moved on to football coaching and attended several qualifying courses:
• Thailand Introductory Course and AFC C Coaching Certificate organized by Thailand FA
• FA Playmaker and Introduction to Coaching Football online courses organized by England FA. In Mae Sot District I have coached kids from Migrant Learning Centres and female adult players. I realized that girls and women still lack opportunities and support for sports activities, especially in the migrant communities.