The former Minister of Sports shows us photos of Afghan handball women who have taken refuge in France since the return of the Taliban, whom she supports through her association Femmes ici et là-bas. “We managed to bring five players, they participate in friendly tournaments. There is still the language barrier but these women are making progress,” smiles Marie-George Buffet, 73. While the IOC pleads for a return of Russian athletes to international competitions, it is concerned about the fate of Afghan sportswomen. “I launched a petition on the mix of delegations to the Olympic Games. Are we going to parade an Afghan delegation without Afghan women? She wrote to the IOC, which “on three pages explains what it is doing in favor of diversity. It’s beautiful, but it doesn’t answer my question! »
