2. Programs
Action
Sport Community Programme, Newham, U.K.
To provide opportunities
for minority women to increase their activity levels within the
community.
Contact: Jean Wright,
London Borough of Newham, c/o Women’s Sports Foundation, London
Women’s Centre, Wesley House, 4 Wild Court, London WC2B 5AU, United
Kingdom,
Internet: www.wsf.org.uk
Adult
Education Institute
To provide innovative
programmes to college/university women in the area of sport and
recreation through existing college/university structures.
Contact: Jenny Thomas,
Head of Physical, Education Department, Morley College, c/o Women’s
Sports Foundation, London Women’s Centre, Wesley House, 4 Wild Court,
London WC2B 5AU, United Kingdom,
Internet: www.wsf.org.uk
A Health
Information Booklet : Sports Practice and Diabetes
To create awareness
in girls of diabetes and benefits of sport participation.
Contact:
Dr. Nabilah Ahmed
Abdelrahman, Dean-Faculty of Physical, Education for Girls, 55 Moustafa
Kamel Street, Fleming Alexandria, Egypt,
Phone:
+20 3 546 5171
Career
Opportunities for Girls and Women in Sport and Physical Education
To educate females
that there are many career opportunities from which they can choose
and prosper for self-fulfilment, service to one’s nation and the
world at large.
Contact: Dr. F.B. Adeyanju,
Dept. of Physical and Health Education, Ahmadu Bello University,
Zaria, Nigeria,
Email: fbola@abu.edu.ng
Coaching
Female Athletes
To provide advice
and development of policy concerning issues impacting women in sport.
Contact:
Australian Sports
Commission, National Programmes-Women, P.O. Box 176, Belconnen,
ACT 2616 Australia, Email: Debbie.Simms@ausport.gov.au,
Internet: www.ausport.gov.au/partic/wsresour.html
Israel’s Unit for
the Advancement of Women in Sport
To
encourage talented young athletes to reach national and international
levels of competition.
Contact:
Shlomit Toor, Manager, Unit for Women in Sport, Sport Authority
of Israel, Wingate Institute, 22 Zamenhof Street, Hertzelia B 46592
Israel, Phone:
+972 9 863 9541
Media
Guide for Athletes and Coaches
To provide practical
tips and checklists for coaches and athletes to make the most of
their media opportunities.
Contact: Promotion Plus,
305-1367 West Broadway, Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 4A9, Canada,
Email: promoplus@mindlink.bc.ca,
Internet: www.promotionplus.org
Mentor
as Anything!
To
help individuals and organisations provide women with the support,
training, advice, encouragement, networks and inspiration that would
assist them in achieving their goals and potential.
Contact:
Available
for the Australian Sports Commission
PO
Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616 Australia Phone: (02) 6214 1915 Fax:
(02) 6214 1995
Email
pubs@ausport.gov.au
On the
Move : A Handbook
To provide experience
to encourage non-active teenage girls and women to participate in
fun-filled, supportive, recreational physical activities.
Contact: Promotion Plus,
305-1367 West Broadway, Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 4A9, Canada,
Email: promoplus@mindlink.bc.ca,
Internet: www.promotionplus.org
Promotion
Plus Resource Kits
To provide documents
that can be easily used by those in sport leadership positions.
Contact: Promotion Plus,
305-1367 West Broadway, Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 4A9, Canada
Email: promoplus@mindlink.bc.ca,
Internet:
www.promotionplus.org
Sport
for All : Women in Sport Project
To promote health
and fitness in women and to give quality to their lives.
Contact:
Ionnis Economou,
Director General for Sport, 25 Panepistimiou Street, Athens 101
10 Greece
Phone: +30 1 325 1760
Sport
Solution
A joint project
of Athletes Can, the Sports Law Centre, and the Dispute Resolution
Centre. Athletes Can is pleased to announce that the services of
The Sport Solution are now being offered to provincial athletes.
The Sport Solution is now available to assist your athletes, free
of charge, in resolving any disputes that may arise during their
athletic careers.
Contact: Toll-free: (888) 434-8883
Email sportsolution@lawlab.law.uwo.ca
Strategies
for Change: Creating New Opportunities for Girls in Sport
To encourage teenage
girls to become more actively involved in sport and physical activity.
Contact: Active Girls
Campaign, Programme Co-ordinator, National Programmes-Women, P.O.
Box 176, Belconnen, ACT 2616 Australia,
Email: Debbie.Simms@ausport.gov.au,
Internet: www.ausport.gov.au/partic/wsresour.html
The Old
Aged Administration
To promote their
participation in sports.
Contact: Laila El Shahat,
Sport Specialist, The Supreme Council of Youth and Sports, 26th
July Street, Sphinx Square, Meet Okba, Cairo Egypt, Phone: +202
346 4138
Winning
Women : Women and Girls in Sport
To improve the
position, image and profile of women and girls in sport.
Contact: Trish McKelvey,
Manager Sport Development, Hillary Commission, Level 9, Investment
House, Featherston & Balance Streets, P.O. Box 2251, Wellington
New Zealand,
Email: trishm@hillarysport.org.nz,
Internet: www.hillarysport.org.nz
Working
with Islamic Women and Girls in Sport : A Guide
To dispel myths
about perceived constraints of Islam and women’s sport participation
Contact: Prof.
Dr. Margaret Talbot, President IAPESGW, Leeds Metropolitan University,
Beckett Park, Leeds LS6 3QS, United Kingdom,
Email: M.Talbot@ccpr.org.uk,
Internet: www.udel.edu/physed/bkelly/iapesgw.html
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