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Social change through sports

Part of: GS Mains I – Society; Social change

Context: (Case study)

Skateparks which were built in some villages in MP helped few skateboarders (children from poor or middle-class families and farmer families) to participate in world championships.
Children find hope in skateboarding to pull their households out of extreme poverty.
Skateboards, shoes and trips to tournaments are crowdfunded.

Sport heralds social change

The sport is helping challenge caste and gender prejudices in the village.
The sport has accorded identity to tens of children and their families.

Young skaters must stick to three non-negotiable rules: ‘No school, no skating’, ‘Everyone is equal’ and ‘Girls first’.

This has improved school attendance.
Boys share their boards with girls during practice hours.
The sport has brought the village’s two communities — tribals and the dominant Yadavs — on the same platform.
Sports create an equitable space.

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