Punching gender inequality out of professional boxing
- 23 July 2010 |
- Lombe Mwambwa
From left to right: professional boxer Inonge Nayoto and NOWSPAR General Secretary Lombe Mwambwa.
The Professional Boxing Control (Amendment) Bill N.A.B. 32/2010 is under consideration by the Parliamentary Committee on Sport, Youth and Child Affairs in Zambia. Key issues of our presentation included the need for gender equity measures in composition of the board, freedom of boxers to establish associations to look into their interests, provision for safety equipment and insurance.
NOWSPAR, having been part of the Act review process coordinated by the Ministry of Sport in August 2007, took up this opportunity to advocate further for pertinent issues in light of gender equality in Professional boxing.
Key issues of our presentation included the need for gender equity measures in composition of the board, freedom of boxers to establish associations to look into their interests, provision for safety equipment and insurance, the need for the Board to be responsible for the establishment of a code of conduct that protects women from harassment including sexual, verbal, physical and economic among others.
In view of the career ending impact of HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B, the Control Board should be obligated to ensure each boxer is aware of the prevention and management of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis B as well options for planning pregnancy.
Our submission was further enriched by a female professional boxer included in our delegation; Ms. Inonge Nayoto from Vision Stable in Lusaka who is the current Super Feather Weight National Champion.
Ms. Nayoto shared her personal experience practicing professional boxing as a female, highlighting the challenges of the profession and the desired interventions.
The Parliamentarians were further informed of NOWSPAR’s work in promoting women role models in sport through the Sheroes Campaign and the development of a code of conduct on harassment in sport that is underway in partnership with Norwegian Confederation of Sport (NIF), Women Win and the Kicking AIDS Out Network.
Find out more about NOWSPAR
NOWSPAR, having been part of the Act review process coordinated by the Ministry of Sport in August 2007, took up this opportunity to advocate further for pertinent issues in light of gender equality in Professional boxing.
Key issues of our presentation included the need for gender equity measures in composition of the board, freedom of boxers to establish associations to look into their interests, provision for safety equipment and insurance, the need for the Board to be responsible for the establishment of a code of conduct that protects women from harassment including sexual, verbal, physical and economic among others.
In view of the career ending impact of HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B, the Control Board should be obligated to ensure each boxer is aware of the prevention and management of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis B as well options for planning pregnancy.
Our submission was further enriched by a female professional boxer included in our delegation; Ms. Inonge Nayoto from Vision Stable in Lusaka who is the current Super Feather Weight National Champion.
Ms. Nayoto shared her personal experience practicing professional boxing as a female, highlighting the challenges of the profession and the desired interventions.
The Parliamentarians were further informed of NOWSPAR’s work in promoting women role models in sport through the Sheroes Campaign and the development of a code of conduct on harassment in sport that is underway in partnership with Norwegian Confederation of Sport (NIF), Women Win and the Kicking AIDS Out Network.
Find out more about NOWSPAR
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