Shubham Jain Interviewed by Sky Sports News on human rights and the Afghan women's cricket team

Faculty doctoral student Shubham Jain was invited by Sky Sports News to offer a human rights law lens as part of the coverage of Afghanistan's matches in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025 (Men's Cricket) in Pakistan.

Afghan Women's Team has not been able to play international cricket due to the Taliban's ban on women's participation in sport. How can the Sports Ecosystem respond effectively to this situation? Shubham spoke about a solution based on his proposed framework called 'VOICE' (Visibility, Opportunity, Inclusion, Care, Engagement) as a potential comprehensive way to think how stakeholders can respond meaningfully.

Shubham is a doctoral researcher at the Faculty and a WM Tapp Scholar at Gonville & Caius College. He is the Associate Editor of the Routledge Handbook of Mega-Sporting Events and Human Rights. He is supervised by Dr Stephanie Palmer and Professor David Howarth, and advised by Professor Simon Deakin.

The interview is available on YouTube and an accompanying news piece is available on Sky Sports website.