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Cybele Druma
Cybele Druma is a rugby player and women's sports activist in Papua New Guinea. She is responsible for introducing women's rugby to the country, fighting deep societal resistance to women in sports. Druma was head of the Papua New Guinea Rugby Football Union, the national rugby organization; she is one of the only females in the world to have presided over a national rugby federation. She is also president of the new Papua New Guinea Women Rugby Union Board a role to which she was elected for consecutive terms in 2007 and 2009. Now, Druma the president of Port Moresby's National Capital District Rugby Union. She has been recognized internationally for her work, and is involved in promoting women's opportunities in rugby worldwide. Introduction of women's rugby Although the Papua New Guinea Rugby Football Union was founded in 1963, followed by PNG joining World Rugby in 1993, it took until 2006 for women's rugby to begin in the country. Druma was at the forefront of the movement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia). Its capital, located along its southeastern coast, is Port Moresby. The country is the world's third largest island country, with an area of . At the national level, after being ruled by three external powers since 1884, including nearly 60 years of Australian administration starting during World War I, Papua New Guinea established its sovereignty in 1975. It became an independent Commonwealth realm in 1975 with Elizabeth II as its queen. It also became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations in its own right. There are 839 known languages of Papua New Guinea, one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |