Our organization started because our founder  Anisa Adem's daughters asked a simple question with no easy answer
 It hung in the air, searching for the place where culture, gender and religion meet. "Why can't girls play soccer here?" they asked. "Is it the Ethiopian culture or Muslim culture.





 By PAUL MEYER, The Dallas Morning News

12-19-04

Ethiopian Woman Using Soccer to Challenge Girls' Cultural Roles

Mrs.  Adem thought long and hard about this and could not come up with a good answere to give her girls.
Other than it was part of their Ethiopian Culture.

The girls who are American born thought how unfair that Ethiopian girls could not participate.

This prmote Mrs. Adem to organize a girls team and apply for the next tournament to be held in Huston,TX on  July 2004.

The Huston trip motivated Mrs. Adem to started an organization called Roba Ethiopian American girls Association
(REAGA).

Mrs. Adem again applied  agin for the the next tournament to be held in Seattle,WA  on July  2005.

The Federation president send an invitation with the following requirements.

REAGA ,should pay the travel,hotel,insurance and uniform expenses  for the Dalls team.

ESFNA, will organize another Girls team with age group range 10-12.

The Game was scheduled 3:00 pm which is prime time

When the REAGA team got to Seattle the story was different.
The team they played was a mix team and older.

The Ethiopian Sport Federation in North Anerica (ESFNA) has not acknowledge the issue or the need to have a women/Girls division included in the male dominated Tournament.

Having an organization such as FGAGA is needed. It will be instrumental in protecting the needs and the rights of Ethiopian Girls.