We are pleased to announce the upcoming Final Conference of the swost.eu (Sport Without Stereotypes) Project, which will be held in parallel and within the esteemed Skillman International Forum 2023 (SIF) in Riga, Latvia. Organised by the Ministry of Education and Science, this conference will take place on the 26th and 27th of September 2023.…
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Don’t miss the opportunity to rewatch our highly informative international webinar on gender equality in sport! SWOST – Sport without stereotypes – is an Erasmus+ KA2 project that aims to drive change in Europe’s sport organizations by addressing gender stereotyping within the field. This project emphasizes cross-sectorial cooperation and encourages synergy across all areas of…
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European Handball Federation fined players €1,500 for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottomsPop star Pink has offered to pay the “sexist” fines handed out to the Norwegian women’s beach handball team after they refused to wear bikini bottoms while playing.The European Handball Federation, the sport’s governing body, fined the team €1,500 (£1,295) last week for…
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2020 Olympic games are said to be the most equal in history, not only in absolute numbers of women and men which are almost equal for the first time ever but also in terms of new events offered in the relay (e.g. mixed relay in triathlon). Additionally, women now compete on an Olympic level in…
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Widely regarded as one of the best rock climbers of all time, male or female, Lynn Hill is also known as one of the pioneers of gender equality in rock climbing and sports in general and a role model for many girls around the world. Lynn Hill is the first person to free climb The…
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BMX sport traditionally used to be considered as one of the masculine sports. It has born in Latvia about 30 years ago. Olafs Lakucs was among those who started the culture of BMX in Latvia. They started it from zero with the first self-made bicycles. There were no girls among them at the beginning (I…
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The #Tokyo2020 Olympics will have close to equal representation of women & men athletes for the first time in the history of the games. By comparison, in 1900, only 2.2% of the nearly 1,000 athletes that participated in the Olympics were women. Women in sport defy gender stereotypes, make inspiring role models and help promote…
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Goals for Girls is an NGO that use soccer to develop leadership skills in young women and teach them how to be agents of change in their own lives and in their communities.They connect girls from different countries and backgrounds with their peers around the world to address social and health challenges through cultural exchange,…
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Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. There has been big progress over the last decades: More girls are going to school, fewer girls are forced into early marriage, more women are serving in parliament and positions of leadership, and laws are being reformed…
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Gender-based violence (GBV) is one of the most widespread human rights abuses in the world, affecting individuals everywhere, with consequences that reach beyond the individual and can affect entire families and communities. Humanitarian crises and situations of fragility more broadly can exacerbate exposure to different forms of GBV. GBV interventions refer to core crisis programming activities…
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