Post by account_disabled on Mar 6, 2024 7:23:19 GMT
The impacts of COVID-19 are being felt most strongly by women and girls due to gender inequalities. This reality is also reflected in sport.
The policy brief titled COVID 19, Women, Girls and Sport: Building Back Better , clearly states:
The existing gaps between women and men, girls and boys, in both elite and grassroots sport, can be widened if governments, sports organisations, sponsors, civil society, athletes, the media and UN agencies fail to put women and girls at the center and address their specific needs in response and recovery plans.
The document, which builds on the Generation Chile Mobile Number List Equality Framework for Sports, a multi-stakeholder coalition launched by UN Women and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in March to promote gender equality, focuses on the effects of the pandemic on women and girls in sport in five key areas:
Leadership.
Gender violence.
Economic opportunities.
Representation in the media.
Girls' participation in sports.
The report also presents a set of suggested actions that members of the sports ecosystem can take during the current crisis and in planning for recovery and beyond. For sports organizations, the recommendations are the following:
Continue investing in women's sports.
Include women in the creation and implementation of recovery plans.
Conduct extensive consultations with women and men (athletes, coaches, referees, medical teams and other sports professionals) to better understand how they are being affected differently by the crisis and respond accordingly.
Engage male athletes, journalists, coaches and other allies in advocating for women's sports.
Use high-profile people to raise awareness of the gender dimensions of the crisis.
Invest and apply safeguard policies.
On and off the field of play, stakeholders in the Olympic Movement have been working tirelessly to achieve a better gender balance. This commitment remained intact in the midst of the current pandemic and its effects on all spheres of society.
Sport is one of the most powerful platforms to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
The number of women competing in the Olympic Games has increased considerably: from 34% in Atlanta 1996 to a new projected record of 48.8% in Tokyo 2020 and the commitment to achieve full gender equality by the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. IOC has also amended the rules to allow one male and one female athlete to jointly carry its flag during the Opening Ceremony, and encourages all National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to take advantage of this opportunity.
The IOC has also taken a leading role in promoting gender equality within its leadership by raising its number of female members to 37% by the end of the year, surpassing the set target of 30% of decision-making positions being held. occupied by women for 2020. A few weeks ago, the organization announced the composition of its commissions, with 47.7% of the positions occupied by women, a concrete result of the reforms of the Olympic Agenda 2020.
This momentum has been maintained in recent months, and the IOC is working closely with all stakeholders of the Olympic Movement to ensure that gender equality remains high on its agenda despite the impact of the COVID-19 crisis.
Since the publication of the IOC Gender Equality Review Project in 2018, together with the International Federations (IFs) and NOCs, it has focused its gender equality work on the implementation of the 25 recommendations outlined in the document. By identifying specific actions and responsibilities, great progress has been made in many areas. A concrete example is the publication of the Representation Guidelines to support IOC staff and stakeholders to ensure gender-balanced representation across all communication platforms.
Due to the cancellation of several workshops and forums, the IOC is currently preparing a series of webinars and virtual workshops dedicated to gender equality to maintain communication with stakeholders and ensure that efforts are deployed in an integrated manner.
The role of sport as a powerful enabler in fostering gender equality was widely discussed last week during the global dialogue launched by the United Nations to address the challenges facing the world today.
Three-time Olympic shooting champion, 2012 Olympic bronze medalist, and Vice President of the IOC Athletes' Commission Danka Bartekova commented:
«Women who practice sports should not be left behind in the recovery phase. “Communities and vulnerable parts of our society must be taken into account when we talk about the post-COVID recovery and we need to build on the successes that have already been achieved.
The policy brief titled COVID 19, Women, Girls and Sport: Building Back Better , clearly states:
The existing gaps between women and men, girls and boys, in both elite and grassroots sport, can be widened if governments, sports organisations, sponsors, civil society, athletes, the media and UN agencies fail to put women and girls at the center and address their specific needs in response and recovery plans.
The document, which builds on the Generation Chile Mobile Number List Equality Framework for Sports, a multi-stakeholder coalition launched by UN Women and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in March to promote gender equality, focuses on the effects of the pandemic on women and girls in sport in five key areas:
Leadership.
Gender violence.
Economic opportunities.
Representation in the media.
Girls' participation in sports.
The report also presents a set of suggested actions that members of the sports ecosystem can take during the current crisis and in planning for recovery and beyond. For sports organizations, the recommendations are the following:
Continue investing in women's sports.
Include women in the creation and implementation of recovery plans.
Conduct extensive consultations with women and men (athletes, coaches, referees, medical teams and other sports professionals) to better understand how they are being affected differently by the crisis and respond accordingly.
Engage male athletes, journalists, coaches and other allies in advocating for women's sports.
Use high-profile people to raise awareness of the gender dimensions of the crisis.
Invest and apply safeguard policies.
On and off the field of play, stakeholders in the Olympic Movement have been working tirelessly to achieve a better gender balance. This commitment remained intact in the midst of the current pandemic and its effects on all spheres of society.
Sport is one of the most powerful platforms to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
The number of women competing in the Olympic Games has increased considerably: from 34% in Atlanta 1996 to a new projected record of 48.8% in Tokyo 2020 and the commitment to achieve full gender equality by the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. IOC has also amended the rules to allow one male and one female athlete to jointly carry its flag during the Opening Ceremony, and encourages all National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to take advantage of this opportunity.
The IOC has also taken a leading role in promoting gender equality within its leadership by raising its number of female members to 37% by the end of the year, surpassing the set target of 30% of decision-making positions being held. occupied by women for 2020. A few weeks ago, the organization announced the composition of its commissions, with 47.7% of the positions occupied by women, a concrete result of the reforms of the Olympic Agenda 2020.
This momentum has been maintained in recent months, and the IOC is working closely with all stakeholders of the Olympic Movement to ensure that gender equality remains high on its agenda despite the impact of the COVID-19 crisis.
Since the publication of the IOC Gender Equality Review Project in 2018, together with the International Federations (IFs) and NOCs, it has focused its gender equality work on the implementation of the 25 recommendations outlined in the document. By identifying specific actions and responsibilities, great progress has been made in many areas. A concrete example is the publication of the Representation Guidelines to support IOC staff and stakeholders to ensure gender-balanced representation across all communication platforms.
Due to the cancellation of several workshops and forums, the IOC is currently preparing a series of webinars and virtual workshops dedicated to gender equality to maintain communication with stakeholders and ensure that efforts are deployed in an integrated manner.
The role of sport as a powerful enabler in fostering gender equality was widely discussed last week during the global dialogue launched by the United Nations to address the challenges facing the world today.
Three-time Olympic shooting champion, 2012 Olympic bronze medalist, and Vice President of the IOC Athletes' Commission Danka Bartekova commented:
«Women who practice sports should not be left behind in the recovery phase. “Communities and vulnerable parts of our society must be taken into account when we talk about the post-COVID recovery and we need to build on the successes that have already been achieved.