Adversity makes gender inequality starker. FIFA may have lifted the ban on AIFF in a sudden but welcome move over the weekend, but the young girls battling prejudice and poverty to play the sport of their dreams, know that this is only one hurdle crossed. Gulafshan Ansari, football coach at Don Bosco and founder of Dreaming In A Slum non-profit, could only afford one hour of weekly football. She now runs coaching camps for underprivileged girls in Dharavi and Santa Cruz. Any hurdle to accessing international tournaments, like the ban, she says, makes it tougher for her to convince parents to let their girls play