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A game for all: Inside Switzerland push for gender parity in football

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Former Arsenal football player Johana Djourou, who runs Mondialito, coaches young girls and boys during a friendly match in Les Charmilles, Switzerland. [Betty Njeru, Standard]

It's a sunny Wednesday afternoon in June, and a group of about 20 girls and boys, aged between 8 and 15, gather for a friendly football match in Les Charmilles, a quiet town tucked away from the busy streets of Geneva.

Spirits are high, sun's shining, and their brightly colored red and yellow jerseys immediately catch the eye.

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