YANQ's report into Young Muslim Women's Participation in Sports and Physical Recreation was officially launched on Wednesday, 16^th July 2008 by Young Queenslander of the Year, Ms Homa Forotan as part of the Muslim Women's Conference, "Towards Common Ground" at Government House.

Research for this report was completed in 2007 with funding support for the project obtained from both Multicultural Affairs Queensland and UNESCO. During the following months, an action group was formed to begin implementing the strategies of the report and to date, this group has organised and staged several successful sporting activities which not only served to benefit younger Muslim women, but Muslim women in general, with attendee numbers far surpassing that which was initially expected. Indeed, a number of the strategies from the report have the potential to benefit all women, regardless of their age, religious affiliation or cultural background.

YANQ would like to express thanks to the enormous amount of effort and support given to the project by Ms Faiza El-Higzi, who made the launch at the conference possible. And, of course, YANQ would also like to thank Al-Nisa Youth Group Inc for the research partnership we share and the leadership Al-Nisa have shown in establishing the sports action group, and we look forward to a continued relationship in the future. Many thanks to all those who participated in the research and throughout the project and beyond.

The report into Young Muslim Women's Participation in Sports and Recreation will be available on YANQ's website next week.

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