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The Regional Association announced changes and additions to the committees giving even more members a voice in Asia Rugby matters in an unprecedented stance of 34 federations out of 35 national federations having members on various committees.

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In December 2021,\u00a0Asia Rugby Council approved the Executive Committee\u2019s (EXCO) recommendation of changing the nomenclature of its Women\u2019s Advisory Committee renaming it the Gender Equity Committee, whilst also endorsing\u00a0the inclusion of individuals of both genders on this committee, chaired by Iranian Nahid Biyarjomandi who has taken over the Gender Equity Committee.

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Related Article:\u00a0Asia Rugby Transforms to Gender Equity\u00a0

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In line with the same spirit, the committee now includes both genders, some of the previously assigned female \u2018observers\u2019 have been given full membership status with complete voting rights on other committees.

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Even with the decrease in the number of women in the Gender Equity Committee, other appointments of women in key committee has led to an overall\u00a033% female representation, moving ever closer\u00a0to the Asia Rugby\u00a0target of 40% to be achieved by 2024.

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\"AsiaAsia Rugby President Qais Al Dhalai commented \u201cWith a unanimous support of the EXCO and Council, I am satisfied with the impressive female participation percentage in Asia Rugby Committees increasing by 32% from the time the new Executive Committee was elected in November 2019 until now; we are now at 33% female representation in all Asia Rugby Committees.\u201d

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He further added \u201cthe current committees feature solid accountability by all Asian national federations with 97% being represented in the committees, increasing by 24% since November 2019. \u201c

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At the Asia Rugby Annual Awards ceremony held in Dubai on 1st of December 2021, Michael Leitch the former captain of the Japan national team was announced as the first-ever Asia Rugby Players Ambassador and was also appointed as the Chair of the Athletes Committee.

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Related Article : Asia Rugby Honors Distinguished Characters

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The\u00a0Asia Rugby Athletes Committee was set up to provide a platform for players to be part of the decision-making\u00a0process in the Regional Association. National federations were requested to send nominations to serve on the committee with the final composition being approved as follows:
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\nChairperson\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Michael Leitch (Japan)
\nFirst Deputy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Rozliana Mohd Ridwan\u00a0 (Malaysia)
\nSecond Deputy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Andre Jin\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Korea)

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Member \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Kashif Khawaja \u00a0(Pakistan)
\nMember \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Sol Mokdad \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Lebanon)
\nMember \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Butsaya Bunrak \u00a0(Thailand)
\nMember \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Karina Sazontova \u00a0(Kazakhstan)

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