Jawara played for Gambia's top women's football club, the Red Scorpions FC, based in Serekunda.
She made her debut for the women's national football team in 2015, and saved a penalty kick in a friendly against Glasgow Girls F.C.
[2][3] In February 2016, Jawara left her homeland Serrekunda in Gambia and crossed the Sahara Desert to Libya.
[3] Once in Libya, she contacted her family and informed them that she was travelling to Europe to seek a position playing for a major European club.
[4] At the end of October 2016, she attempted to smuggle herself into Europe by travelling with others on two boats across the Mediterranean Sea, heading towards the island of Lampedusa, Italy.