Latest News
Program
Media Room
Organization
About Montreal
Contact
Home
Back to IWG Site

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Background and Context
A) First world conference in Brighton, UK in 1994
B) Work started between 1994 and 1998
C) Second world conference in Windhoek, Namibia in 1998
D) Work of the IWG and progress made between 1998 and 2002

Chapter 2: Progress on the Windhoek Call for Action
1. Develop action plans

  • CAAWS - Canada
  • Womens Sports Foundation UK
  • Sport Council for Wales
  • Australian Sports Commission
  • Botswana National Sports Council
  • Finnish Sports Federation
  • Women's Sports Federation USA
  • Commonwealth Games Federation
  • Commonwealth Games Association of Canada
  • Supreme Council of Sport in Africa (SCSA) Zone 6
  • International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE)

2. Reach out beyond the current boundaries of the sport sector

  • WomenSport International (WSI)
  • Australian Sports Commission
  • Commonwealth Games Association of Canada
  • Singapore Sports Council
  • Japanese Association of Women in Sport
  • Liberian Women and Sport Association
  • Girl Scouts USA
  • CAAWS - Canada
  • DEMUSA- Mexico

3. Promote and share information about the positive contribution of girls' and women's involvement in sport

  • WomenSport International (WSI)
  • International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women (IAPESGW)
  • Women's Sport Foundation USA
  • CAAWS - Canada
  • Australian Sports Commission
  • Singapore Sports Council
  • Finland

4. Build the capacity of women as leaders and decision-makers

  • International Olympic Committee (IOC)
  • Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF)
  • Conférence des Ministres de la Jeunesse et des Sports des Pays d'Expression Française (CONFEJES)
  • Coaching Association of Canada
  • Australian Sports Commission
  • Women's Sports Foundation USA
  • Finnish Sports Federation
  • Singapore Sports Council
  • National Olympic and Sports Committee - France
  • Ministry of Youth and Sport - France
  • Girl Scouts USA

5. Avert the "world crisis in physical education"

  • International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE)
  • MINEPS III (UNESCO)
  • International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women (IAPESGW)
  • Hillary Commission - New Zealand
  • Austrian Sports Commission
  • Girl Scouts USA
  • Women's Sports Foundation USA
  • Sports Council for Wales

6. Encourage the media to positively portray and significantly cover girls' and women's involvement in sport

  • Australian Sports Commission
  • Canada
  • Women's Sport Foundation USA
  • Ecuadorian Olympic Committee
  • Finnish Sports Federation
  • Japanese Association of Women in Sport
  • France
  • I. R. of Iran
  • Supreme Council of Sport in Africa (SCSA) Zone 6
  • Girl Scouts USA

7. Ensure a safe and supportive environment for girls and women participating in sport

  • WomenSport International (WSI)
  • Council of Europe
  • United Kingdom
  • Canada
  • Australian Sports Commission
  • Japanese Association of Women in Sport
  • Norway
  • Ministry of Youth and Sport - France
  • Finnish Sports Federation

8. Ensure that policies and programs recognise the differences and diversity among women

  • Australian Sports Commission
  • International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women (IAPESGW)
  • USA - Black Women in Sport Foundation
  • Singapore Sports Council
  • WomenSport International (WSI)

9. Recognise the importance of governments to sport development

  • Canada
  • Australia
  • Japan
  • Supreme Council of Sport in Africa (SCSA) Zone 6
  • Liberia
  • France
  • Thailand
  • Women's Sports Foundation USA

10. Ensure that Official Development Assistance programs provide equal opportunities for girls' and women's development

  • Commonwealth Sport Development Programs (CSDP)
  • Australia
  • France

11. Encourage more women to become researchers in sport, and more research to be undertaken on critical issues relating to women in sport

  • International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women (IAPESGW)
    WomenSport International (WSI)
  • International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance (ICHPER.SD)
  • Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal
  • Germany
  • Finland
  • Ecuador
  • Japanese Association of Women in Sport
  • Thailand Women and Sport Association
  • Women's Sport Foundation USA
  • Womens Sport Foundation UK
  • IOC / Loughborough University UK

Chapter 3: The A - Z of World Wide Action
1. International Organisations

  • International and Regional Governmental Organisations
  • International Multi-Sport Organisations and Sport Federations
  • International Physical Education and Sport Science Organisations

2. Regional Organisations and National Reports

  • Africa
  • Americas
  • Asia and the Middle East
  • Arab Region
  • Europe
  • Mediterranean Region
  • Oceania

Chapter 4: Review of Progress and Conclusions

Appendices
A) The Brighton Declaration
B) Signatories to the Brighton Declaration
C) The Windhoek Call for Action
D) The International Working Group on Women and Sport 1998-2002
E) Directory of Contributors

 

 

 

 

CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT:
15 Eddy Street, 8th Floor
Hull (Québec) CANADA
K1A 0M5
Fax: (819) 956-8019
e-mail: info@canada2002.org