International Netball Federation (INF) pegged Malawi star netballer, Mwawi Kumwenda\u2019s exploits, on International Women\u2019s Day\u2019s celebrations held on Tuesday worldwide.<\/p>\n
INF president Molly Rhone, writing on the association\u2019s website to celebrate the day, cited Kumwenda\u2019s achievements for Malawi netball Queens and her New Zealand club, Tactix as a testimony that women can excel in life.<\/p>\n
\u201cMwawi is a shining example of the power netball has to change lives, and the power netballers have to make our world a better place,\u201d she wrote www.inf.org.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs we honour International Women\u2019s Day, we take pride in our sport, celebrate our role models, congratulate those who are using sport as a vehicle for promoting equality, and commit with even deeper determination and passion, to our INF vision and mission of empowering women and girls through netball.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rhone said the day\u2019s United Nations\u2019 (UN) theme of \u201cPlanet 50- 50 by 2030: Step it Up for Gender Equality\u201d augurs well with the achievements of netballers such as Kumwenda.<\/p>\n
\u201cInternational Women\u2019s Day is a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage. Courage takes many forms. For example, it sometimes takes enormous courage just to believe, to hold on to a dream, and beat apparently insurmountable odds,\u201d Rhone stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cInternational netballer, Mwawi Kumwenda, first played netball aged 15, in Mzimba, a small town in Malawi. Mwai was so determined to play that she used plastic sheets melted over an open fire to make her first netball. Eventually, that determination, alongside her passion, skill and sheer talent, led her to play for the Malawi Queens, the national netball team.\u201d<\/p>\n
INF reflected Kumwenda\u2019s achievement for Tactix and country, including being voted Player of the Tournament at the Netball World Cup Sydney 2015, then being voted International World Games Association Athlete of the Year 2015, collecting an impressive 17,900 online votes.<\/p>\n
\u201cA woman determined to be all she can be, and brave enough to seize opportunities, even when that meant travelling thousands of miles from her home and family, Mwawi has never forgotten her roots. She organised a campaign to collect school uniforms, clothing, shoes and equipment from New Zealand and send in containers to Malawi, and is using social media to inspire and encourage girls and boys in Africa to follow their dreams,\u201d Rhone added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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