What barriers exists in your country for women and girls to participate in sports?

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The unvarnished truth is even in this modern era barriers exists for women and girls to participate in sports. However the kind of barriers and and extent of the barriers varies from cultures to cultures and country to country.

The barriers against women and girls need not necessarily come from men only. It can also come from within the women themselves.

Why is this so? What part has culture, religion and history played in this phenomena? These are questions that may throw some light on why such barriers exists.

In today's question we seek your answers to the question on the kind of barriers and the extent of barriers that exist in your country for women and girls to participate in sports. You may, if you wish, also tell us why you think these barriers are there and what can be done to remove them.