As a young girl, Irena Bjelica had to furtively sneak to football training in defiance of a family who thought she would be better suited as a dancer or model. Today the 24-year-old is a defender for ...

ZENICA, Bosnia, June 6 (Reuters) - Erna Huseinovic fell in love with rugby after coaching young children at a local club in the central town of Zenica, the home of Bosnia's first women's rugby sevens ...

According to Human Rights Watch, gender-based violence and femicide remain serious concerns in Bosnia: "I have been working a lot for the safety of women in Bosnia. We had several domestic violence ...

Today the 24-year-old is a defender for one of Bosnia's top women's football clubs, a team that is winning matches but still trying to win more fans as it battles gender norms in the patriarchical ...