Cybele Druma

Cybele Druma is a rugby player and women's sports activist in Papua New Guinea. She is responsible for introducing women's rugby to the country, fighting deep societal resistance to women in sports.[1] Druma was head of the Papua New Guinea Rugby Football Union, the national rugby organization; she is one of the only females in the world to have presided over a national rugby federation.[2] She is also president of the new Papua New Guinea Women Rugby Union Board a role to which she was elected for consecutive terms in 2007 and 2009.[3] Now, Druma the president of Port Moresby's National Capital District Rugby Union.[2] She has been recognized internationally for her work, and is involved in promoting women's opportunities in rugby worldwide.

  1. ^ "Finalist in the Moore Printing Sports Award 2017-18". Lily Papua New Guinea Magazine. 2018-03-13.
  2. ^ a b "March 2018 – Women and Development". Women and Development. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  3. ^ "Druma is PNG women's rugby president". The National. 2009-12-27. Archived from the original on 2021-01-30. Retrieved 2021-01-23.