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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…
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…
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…
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,…
Numerous studies have reported that athletes’ pre-training/-game hydration status is of concern. Up to now, only two cohort studies have examined the effect of an intervention aimed at improving pretraining/-game hydration status; however, without including a control group. Therefore, the aim of this quasi-experimental study was to examine whether and to what extent an individually…
Gender equality is a top priority for the Olympic Movement. For the International Olympic Committee, “sport is one of the most powerful platforms for promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls”. In 2019, the BOIC launched its platform “ Empowering Women in Sports ” that aims to break down barriers, both in policy and in the…
Sports and gender equality are related in many ways. Sport is a social and cultural activity in which social constructions of masculinity and femininity play a key role. Traditionally, sports have always been dominated by men, both in terms of participation and governance. Women were excluded from the first modern Olympic Games, held in Athens…
The mission of ‘Empowering Women in Sports’ is to identify barriers that hinder women’s participation in sports and to implement initiatives that improve gender equality. This is not only aimed at athletes, but also at female coaches, officials, and board members. This initiative will be developed in close collaboration with the communities, Sport Vlaanderen, Adeps,…
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…
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…
