Final Conference of swost.eu Project: Promoting Gender Equality in Sport Organizations

We are pleased to announce the upcoming Final Conference of the swost.eu (Sport Without Stereotypes) Project, which will be held in parallel and within the esteemed Skillman International Forum 2023 (SIF) in Riga, Latvia. Organised by the Ministry of Education and Science, this conference will take place on the 26th and 27th of September 2023.…

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International webinar on gender equality in sports

Don’t miss the opportunity to rewatch our highly informative international webinar on gender equality in sport! SWOST – Sport without stereotypes – is an Erasmus+ KA2 project that aims to drive change in Europe’s sport organizations by addressing gender stereotyping within the field. This project emphasizes cross-sectorial cooperation and encourages synergy across all areas of…

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Pink offers to pay fines for Norwegian women’s beach handball team

European Handball Federation fined players €1,500 for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottomsPop star Pink has offered to pay the “sexist” fines handed out to the Norwegian women’s beach handball team after they refused to wear bikini bottoms while playing.The European Handball Federation, the sport’s governing body, fined the team €1,500 (£1,295) last week for…

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Olympics Tokyo 2020

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…

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Educaweb presents the latest programs and educational resources to prevent this social scourge

Every day 137 women die in the world as a result of sexist violence , according to UN estimates. In addition, 1 in 3 has experienced this type of violence globally, according to the report International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education: An Evidence-Based Approach (2018), prepared by UNESCO. Education is one of the most important tools in the eradication…

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In the frameworks of Skillman.eu focus on gender has been published a new news: FEMININE VERSUS MASCULINE SPORTS: THE ROLE OF STEREOTYPES AND PARENTS IN CHILDREN’S CHOICE OF SPORT OR ATHLETICS

The role of sex stereotypes and gender roles in the sex differences observed in sport and exercise has been extensively investigated in sport psychology, with past studies showing that stereotypes are internalized into the self during the socialization process.  When we talk about children at a young age (2-6 years) who have not yet developed…

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