Girls Move Mountains. 21 min.
In the remote and rugged north of Pakistan, amidst the towering 6000-meter peaks of the Karakoram Mountain Range, Karishma, a fearless indigenous woman and co-founder of the Gilgit-Baltistan Girls Football League, champions girls' rights in a world where soccer is more than just a game. As a child, Karishma faced harassment for wearing soccer attire, and as a woman, she battles online bullying from aggressive crowds challenging the rights of girls in the mountains. She has numerous opponents, but she also has the unconditional support of her grandmother, a wise Wakhi woman who lives in a hut in an isolated village. Girls Move Mountains explores the enduring struggle for women's rights in the pursuit of a fairer world, while it shows how older generations plant seeds for the ones to come.
“Seeing girls play soccer was something we had never seen before. It felt so big. It felt like we were doing something no one else in the family had done before”
“If my league makes one girl's life better, that is an achievement for me”
“I just want my players to know that we will fight for them until they play in front of a million of supporters”
“In a true sense, it is all dirt and mud. To succeed in something there will always be dirt and mud on you. But you just have to shove it off and keep on going”
“There will come a day when we will all be equally important”
In the remote and rugged north of Pakistan, amidst the towering 6000-meter peaks of the Karakoram Mountain Range, Karishma, a fearless indigenous woman and co-founder of the Gilgit-Baltistan Girls Football League, champions girls' rights in a world where soccer is more than just a game. As a child, Karishma faced harassment for wearing soccer attire, and as a woman, she battles online bullying from aggressive crowds challenging the rights of girls in the mountains. She has numerous opponents, but she also has the unconditional support of her grandmother, a wise Wakhi woman who lives in a hut in an isolated village. Girls Move Mountains explores the enduring struggle for women's rights in the pursuit of a fairer world, while it shows how older generations plant seeds for the ones to come.
“Seeing girls play soccer was something we had never seen before. It felt so big. It felt like we were doing something no one else in the family had done before”
“If my league makes one girl's life better, that is an achievement for me”
“I just want my players to know that we will fight for them until they play in front of a million of supporters”
“In a true sense, it is all dirt and mud. To succeed in something, there will always be dirt and mud on you. But you just have to shove it off and keep on going”
“There will come a day when we will all be equally important”