Recently, Salima Souakri participated in the Al Fadjr Forum, during which women athletes demanded more representation within the national sports movement. Drawing on her experience, Salima Souakri affirmed that “Women are always less present within national sports bodies. Only two women are president of national sports federations out of the 55 existing in Algeria,” before adding that “Women have nevertheless obtained the better competitive results at the international level.”
Salima Souakri, however, remains optimistic for the next Olympic Games, in Paris 2024, where she expects female athletes to shine and win medals. According to her, “The 2024 Olympics constitutes an historic event in terms of gender equality because, for the first time, the number of women participating is equal to the number of men.”
Journalist Zahra Mecheti, who paved the way for Algerian women's participation in the judo world championships in 1982, considers that “Self-sacrifice and sacrifice are two important parameters in the success of women in Algerian sport.”
Discussions like those which took place in Algeria, advance the cause of women and their participation in sport. The commitment of Salima Souakri and all those who believe in justice and equity will contribute to the advent of a more just society, as Jigoro Kano Shihan dreamed and wished.
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