Past Events
Sexual Health Education and Sport for Development: A Deeper Dive
When: February 10th, 2022
Our second Sexual Health Education and Sports for Development webinar hosted 67 participants from over 30 countries to discuss key techniques to include sexual and reproductive health and rights in sports for development as well as how to develop and run the types of programs. Brennan Keiser from the Minga Foundation and Jane Wallis from the Grassroot Project talked about key themes to think about when running these programs and how to best work with the community in order to increase buy-in. We especially appreciated the discussion on monitoring and evaluation and measurement outcomes.
Watch a recording of the webinar here.
Sexual Health Education and Sport for Development
When: November 11th, 2021
Sexual Health Education and Sport for Development webinar gathered over 90 activists, nonprofits, policymakers, and researchers from around the world together to discuss how they use sports for development to increase reproductive justice.
The webinar included best practices and brainstorming of next steps around program design and policy development. Watch the recording of the webinar here.
Safeguarding Children and Youth in Sport for Development Organizations
When: April 8th, 2021
Safeguarding Children and Youth in Sport for Development Organizations webinar gathered over 130 participants from all over the world to discuss and share child safeguarding practices in sport for development organizations. Watch the recording here.
Webinar objectives:
- Learn about safeguarding practices and strategies from sport for development practitioners
- How to implement safeguarding practices in different socio-economic and cultural contexts
- Gain understanding on safeguarding gender, sexual diversity and youth and digital safeguarding
Advocacy and Policymaking in the Sport for Development Space
- What are the systemic bottlenecks we need to address through inclusive policymaking and advocacy in sport for development?
- Share examples of policy and advocacy work in gender and sport for development.
- How can we work together to create communities of knowledge and power to influence policies?
- Share practices in sport for social change to educate communities about the effects of wider, systemic issues.
Sports for Development and Social Business
When: February 18th, 2021
Sports for Development and Social Business webinar was co-hosted by Girls in the Lead and Yunus Sports Hub. A recording of the event is available at the event page.
The event gathered over 80 Sports for Development practitioners to discuss best strategies how to create income streams through social business.
Webinar objectives:
- Rethink how to create economic development in local, regional, and national communities and organizations.
- Gain an understanding of organizations’ responses and strategies in demonstrating greater economic resilience.
- Exchange approaches and insights with key actors around strategies and share best practices for improved autonomy.
- Establish priorities in building an economic agency of sports organizations, and in connecting organisations with related processes, initiatives, and institutions.
- Advocate the importance of women’s led organizations to be financially resilient.
Gender and Sexual Identity in Girls' Sports
When: 28th of January, 2021
Gender and Sexual Identity in Girls’ Sports webinar gathered over 80 international practitioners in Sport for Development to share best practices on how to make sports spaces inclusive and safe, and how to build a strong international community to bring social change in gender and sexual identity in girls’ sports. More info on the program and speakers is found on the event page.
You can download the pdf slides of the event here. A recording is available on the gender and sexual identity resource page.
Trans and Queer Themes in Girls and Youth Sports Clubs
When: 10 December 2020, 14-15h (CET)
Thank you so much for attending our webinar Trans and Queer Themes in Girls and Youth Sports Clubs with Girls in the Lead!
The webinar was short and sweet, and it only scraped the surface – but it revealed a need for a deeper discussion and collaboration. Together we can do so much more in building an inclusive movement in sports for development.
The goal of the event was to bring people together to discuss what they want to learn and share with each other, and raise key topics to discuss in more depth in a longer event held in January 2021.
We wanted to hear multidisciplinary perspectives to the current issues in centering girls when discussing trans and queer themes in sport clubs.
The following key themes were raised in discussions of what we want learn more about and how we would like to proceed:
- Finding the learning tools, language and space to do the work together – resources, governance and advocacy to proceed on a policy level and in practice
- International advocacy and collaboration for LGBTQI community in sports – network with other stakeholders and partners to respond to the needs to create inclusive spaces
- Inclusive perspective to safeguarding children in sports – especially in countries with more religious and legislative restrictions
- Build universities as safe spaces to deliver sports teams and programs
- Finding pathways to influence high-level and olympic policies and reaching out to federations
16 Days of Activism for No Violence - Safeguarding Women and Children in Sport Programs
When: 27 November, 2020, 12:00 PM (CAT), Johannesburg
Language: English
Organizer: Sport for Social Change Network
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tuOkhxm-TyWrHU8cR6LtTw
After registering in advance, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Webinar Speakers:
Luke Lamprecht (South Africa) (@Fight with Insight)
Child Development and Protection Consultant and Director at Fight With Insight where he coaches inner-city children to speak on practical steps to safeguard children in sport for development contexts.
Lombe Mwambwa (Zambia) (@NOWSPAR)
International Adviser at National Organisation for Women in Sport Physical Activity and Recreation to speak on practical steps to safeguard women in sport for development contexts.
Kingsley Udo (Nigeria) (@Plan International)
European Commission Civil Protection Project, Plan International to speak on practical steps to safeguard children in challenging environments and cultures.
Sport and Equality in Europe - International Public Webinar
When: November 27, 2020, 16:00 – 20:30 (CET)
Language: English
Organizer: Outsport – Presented by AICS (Associazione Italiana Cultura Sport)
What: One year after the Outsport project conclusion, AICS presents Sport and Equality in Europe, the international webinar to analyze the Outsport project follow-up recommendations and to promote an open discussion about the latest progress in EU policies related to Sport and LGBTI issues.
Full Program: http://www.out-sport.eu/sport-and-equality-in-europe-outsport-international-webinar/
The Nationwide Network Conference of Queer Sports Clubs (BuNT)
When: 22-28 November, 2020
Language: German
Organizer: German Olympic Sports Confederation, Eurogames 2020, Diversity Department, State Sports Association of North Rhine-Westphalia, State Sports Association of Saxony-Anhalt, Seitenwechsel, Stadtsportbund Düsseldorf, Starting shot Hamburg e. V., Prelude SSL Berlin e. V.
What: BuNT organizes a comprehensive virtual program of panel discussions, lectures, workshops and panel discussions on queer issues in sports. The goal of the conference is the joint promotion of gender and sexual diversity in sport and reduction of discrimination based on sexual orientation and / or gender identity. The conference provides research on the current situation of LGBTIQ + and the resulting challenges for sport, and to jointly develop practical measures to promote gender and sexual diversity in sport. BuNT is open for anyone interested and offers the opportunity for exchange, discussion and networking.
The program and registration is found here.