The Gymnastics Federation draws lessons from the report of the independent commission of inquiry that investigated testimonies about transgressive behavior on behalf of Flemish Minister of Sport Ben Weyts. A stronger integrity policy is now taking shape, including an expert committee that oversees the implementation of all the report’s recommendations. Former top gymnast Aagje Vanwalleghem is part…
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Despite the well-known benefits of physical activity, the majority of the population fail to meet current physical activity guidelines. Underlying this statistic is an even more worrying one: women in Ireland are less physically active and report lower levels of participation in both sport and physical activity than men. The gender gap in physical activity…
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DISCOVER MORE ON SKILLMAN.EU The European Union is a global leader in gender equality: 14 of the top 20 countries worldwide on gender equality are the EU Member States. Thanks to robust equal treatment legislation and jurisprudence, efforts to mainstream the gender perspectives into different policy areas, and laws to address particular inequalities, the EU…
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SKILLMAN.EU LANCHED A PERIODICAL NEWSLETTER FITH A FOCUS IN GENDER EQUALITY Gender Equality: what do you personally know about it? 21st century: hundreds of conventions, thousands of bills (or shall we say recommendations?) about gender equality are being put in place, but have we really achieved the purpose?If we only take into consideration the European…
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The bill to democratize sport, adopted on March 19 by the National Assembly, intends to achieve full parity in the bodies for the elections to be held after the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The draft law aimed at democratising sport, adopted on 19 March in the National Assembly, aims to achieve full parity in…
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Children at a young age (2-6 years) have not yet developed the ability to evaluate criteria and make choices, obviously we are not talking about whether they prefer to drink water or juice or if they like chocolate more than lentils, we refer to things and situations that in the future will develop the children…
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During the last two decades much has been written about gender issues in foreign language textbooks Most studies concern the textbook language itself (i.e. features of vocabulary and grammar which discriminate against one of the sexes) and the textbook content (i.e. portrayal of the two sexes with respect to their visibility, jobs, personality, relations and…
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We would like to sheare with you this very inspiring article regarding the WOMEN THAT CROSSED THE BORDERS IN AREAS OF SPORTS writen by one of our partners ASTERI, Awareness for Sports Training Environment Research & Internet . ASTERI made an interesting research regarding the constant battle Men vs Women. Women vs Men that takes place…
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In a society where gender equality is constitutionally enshrined and displayed as an educational policy objective, it attempts to examine if school textbookimages respond to the demands of social reality, or perpetuate outdated gender stereotyped educational practices. Read more details regarding the gender representations in the illustrations of the 6th Grade Language Textbook used in…
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Lets talk today about the linguistic Sexism. In the following article made by INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS , is analyzed the evolution of the language and presence of the sexism in it. Until recently, Biology explained the socially “normal”, in the Social Sciences as well. The biological difference (and the different anatomical…
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