Federations across Europe boost 'Her World, Her Rules' program with new initiatives

MUNICH (Germany) - National federations have been busy in December in the continued push to promote girl's basketball across Europe through a number of different activities.

As part of the 'Her World, Her Rules' project, ambassadors Alena Hanusova and Ilona Burgova conducted a clinic in their native Czech Republic to get local youngsters involved in the sport.

Nataliya Trafimava - two-time Olympian and current head coach of the Belarus women's national team - delivered a session in Mahileu, while Anastasiya Verameyenka returned to her hometown of Gomel as a role model with teammate Aryna Masko also involved in Hrodna.

Lina Brazdeikyte visited the Spry Cup as part of the Lithuanian Girls' campaign with fellow ambassador and current Belgian Cat member Julie Vanloo on hand to take in a tournament in Kortrijk, signing memorabilia and taking pictures with enthused contestants.

Meanwhile, members of the Ireland women's national team helped young participants around the country take to the court as they brought the campaign into schools over the course of five days.

The main goal of the Her World, Her Rules campaign is attracting girls to the sport from 6-15 years of age and the campaign has received glowing support from some of the game’s most prominent stars.

Italy launched their 'Come With Us' project and Slovakia ran their 'Mini Basket Show' as both welcomed over 100 children in helping lay down the foundations for the future and increasing participation. 

Both activations are part of the Youth Development Fund (YDF), a FIBA Europe program aimed to support eligible youth basketball projects and the participation of youth national teams of the 50 European national federations.

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