CFA 2020: Do no harm: Avoiding pitfalls in sport and development

Eli Wolff and Mary Hums write that developing critically-reflective communities will expand evidence-based best practices, standards and expectations for the field.

To do no harm, establishing a new sporting programme cannot simply be a copy-paste job from one country to another.

Ekain Zubizarreta on the importance of choosing the right sporting activity when implementing sport for development programmes.

Sport must be a safe, positive and enjoyable experience for all children, especially to achieve protection outcomes in sport for development projects.

How This-Ability has leveraged sports to ensure the full inclusion of women and girls with disabilities in Kenya.

Alexander Cárdenas shares protection and prevention strategies to address abuse against children and youth in sport for development programmes.

Steve Harknett on the importance of ensuring that every aspect of project design contributes to the desired social goal.

How inclusion of girls with intellectual disabilities in India helps develop self esteem, autonomy and a sense of community.

Judith Macharia discusses the importance of accountability and diversity in professional football.

Gabriel Tito Tabona writes on the challenges of labour rights, exclusivity, and ensuring beneficiary protection in the sport and development sector.

Liz Twyford from Unicef UK writes on the importance of local support in effectively implementing global safeguarding standards.

How lived experience of surviving the consequences of child sexual abuse in sport led us to develop research in the field.