The International Boxing Association (AIBA) just amended their guidelines to now allow female boxers to wear hijabs at international competitions “should they want to due to regligious reasons.” They announced the historic change at the AIBA Executive Committee Meeting in Istanbul, Turkey on 9 February.

German boxer and Nike Pro Hijab ambassador Zeina Nassar played a major role in reforming the discriminatory rule, after fighting and winning the right to box in her home country. Other sports continue to experience similar discrimination against women who wear traditional headscarves, including judo, which banned Indonesia judoka Miftahul Jannah last October from the Asian Para Games when she refused to remove her hijab. It caused a public outpouring of support for Jannah, but the rule is still in effect.