Socio-economic conditions of women football players in rural areas of Kolhapur district and right to play

‘Right to education’ and ‘Right to play’ are the fundamental rights of every child. ‘Right to play’ isarticles 24 of Universal Human Rights declarations. Unfortunately ‘Play’ is denied to the children of developingcountries mainly due to some social and economic reasons. In India participation of women players is very lessas compared to developed countries. Socio-economic conditions are mainly affecting on participation of womenplayers in India especially in rural areas. Participation of women Football players in rural areas of Kolhapurdistrict is also affected due to some socio-economic conditions and problem. Social customs, culturalrestrictions, lack of support from schools, inadequate financial support etc. are some of the reasons. Football isa game of strength, stamina and speed. Rural women Football players are always better in those physical fitnessfactors. Every year women Football teams from rural area used to participate more at district school leveltournaments than the teams from urban area. But the participation of women Football players in rural areadecreases as increase in their age. Socio-economic conditions of players produce obstacles in fulfilling theirfundamental right. The present study is to put light on socio-economic conditions of women Football players inrural areas of Kolhapur district and problems of family, society and schools.