Dear Readers,
Welcome to Issue 85 of the sportanddev e-Newsletter!
Following International Women’s Day, this edition focuses on the role sport can play in enabling equal opportunities and promoting gender issues. Addressing these issues demands “a deep cultural shift in which past stereotypes and prejudices must be broken down,” according to Steffi Biester, Director of KICKFAIR. Taking a critical look at Zambian women’s football, Lombe Mwambwa, general secretary of NOWSPAR, also asserts, “this is an issue of cultural transformation and not just minor changes.”
Examples of community level change in Kenya through sport are shared by Coaches Across Continents, and by UK Sport through their funded programmes for women in low and middle income countries. Creative reporting about these issues and sport’s role in addressing them is vital, so if you’re a journalist don’t miss out on a perfect opportunity from The European Journalism Centre.
Enjoy your reading,
Alister Bignell
Project Officer
www.sportanddev.org
News & Upcoming Events
Dates for your diary
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Recap of recent events
Including the Laureus World Sports Awards winners and outcomes from the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Read more
New opportunities
Journalism grants for creative reporting of development issues. Read more
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Latest from the Community
Publication: UK NGBs’ leveraging of London 2012 for organisational capacity building
The first study on the engagement of UK national governing bodies of sport with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Read More
Coaches Across Continents video highlights impact
Video shows how sport can combat female genital mutilation and girls being sold into marriage. Read More
A chance to play is the catalyst for social integration in Cameroon
The Sport and Cooperation Network facilitates the integration of refugees into communities through sports facilities and community leadership training. Read More
Commentary
Equal opportunities through football: An interview with Steffi Biester
streetfootballworld talks to Steffi Biester of KICKFAIR about current approaches to enable equal opportunities for men and women at all levels. Read More
What does International Women’s Day mean to women in sport?
UK Sport talks to some of the women supported by its international training programme. Read More
Women’s football in Zambia: Challenges and progress
Lombe Mwambwa of NOWSPAR discusses the status of women’s football in Zambia. Read More
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Sport and Gender
Explore project case studies where sport is used as a tool to develop the potential of young women and girls. Learn more
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