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Yuwa-India
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Yuwa-India is an organization based in Jharkhand, India that consists of a girls’ football club and school. It uses girls' team sports and schooling opportunities as a platform for social development in rural India.[1] The football club part of Yuwa is the first club specifically designed for female players (catered to girls 6-18 years of age), and has 250 players, 150 of whom practice daily.[2] In 2009, Franz Gastler founded Yuwa with the financial help of his high school friends, Greg Deming, Stephen Peterson, and Erik Odland, to use football as a platform to combat child marriage, illiteracy and human trafficking among girls in rural India.[3][4]
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[edit]Franz Gastler has given TEDx talks on "Sports to promote confidence in women" (2012),[3] "The Girl Effect" (2013)[4] and with Rinky Kumari "Yuwa - How football can change lives" (2015).[5]
The program was featured as a Microsoft Edge Partner, November 16, 2017,[6] highlighting the new Yuwa web page. The News & Media page has a list of media articles describing Yuwa.[7]
Donosti Cup football tournament
[edit]Participation in the 2013 tournament helped Yuwa achieve recognition in India.[8] Their participation in the 2016 tournament in Spain was featured in a short series of four videos[9] by the Bollywood star Ranbir Kapoor. They were the second team invited to the 2018 25th Anniversary tournament.[10]
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[edit]- ^ "Yuwa". Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ^ "About Yuwa". Yuwa-India. Yuwa India. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Sports to promote confidence in women". YouTube. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ a b "The Girl Effect". YouTube. 24 March 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ "Yuwa - How football can change lives". YouTube. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ "Yuwa partners with Microsoft Edge to showcase the powerful life journey of girls in Jharkhand". Windows Blogs. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ "News & Media". Yuwa. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ "AN UNFORGETTABLE DAY FOR YUWA AND DONOSTI CUP". Donosti Cup. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ "Winning Through Failure!". YouTube. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ "THE INDIAN YUWA TEAM WILL BE THE SECOND TEAM INVITED BY DONOSTI CUP IN ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY". Donosti Cup. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ "And the Laureus World Sports Awards 2019 Winners are..." Laureus. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "Yuwa". Laureus. Retrieved 25 September 2020.