Call for articles: Supporting displaced women and girls in and through sport
What are some of the effective approaches and insights in using sport to serve the needs of displaced women and girls?
Sport can play an important role in protecting and promoting the rights of refugees, including by encouraging social inclusion, social cohesion and psychosocial wellbeing. If well designed, delivered and measured, sport-based programmes can also contribute to gender equity.
However, displaced women and girls continue to be marginalised in terms of access and opportunity in sport, though a range of important initiatives seek to tackle these obstacles.
On 11 October 2021, marking the International Day of the Girl Child, sportanddev, in partnership with the Sport for Refugees Coalition, launched a call for articles on using sport to support displaced women and girls.
Contextualised and evidence-based approaches which centre the target demographic is how the ITTF Foundation works to deliver successful projects which work with displaced women...
Though socio-cultural norms often prevent the participation of displaced women and girls in sport programs, starting with local games and then building up capacity...
The Swiss Academy for Development (SA4D) and the Community Psychosocial Support Organisation (CPSO) use a sport-based approach to help South Sudanese refugee women overcome...
While using traditionally male-dominated sports like football, sport for development programs must ensure gender sensitivity to improve women’s and girls’ access and participation.
In post-conflict South Sudan, the traditional sport of Boruboru is being used to help girls from all different backgrounds build their life skills and...
RUN Hong Kong supports vulnerable refugees, particularly women, to build resilience and nurture self-reliance for a more hopeful future, by tailoring their programmes to...
Cultural gender barriers can prevent girls and women from participating in sport for development activities, but a strong commitment to gender equality and purposeful...
