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2012 Paralympics keep the excitement going strong As we shift our attention to the Paralympic Games, we find new excitement and inspiration and can identify new goals to strive for with respect to women's involvement and gender equality in sport. This year's Paralympics have been heralded as the largest and the most watched in history. The level of athlete performance has been already very impressive, further strengthening the visibility and respect for the Paralympic movement and the underlining the importance of recognizing the incredible achievements of these athletes.
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The Olympic Rings give way to the 'Agitos' and the largest Paralympic Games on record The International Paralympic Committee recently announced that this year's London Games, which run from August 29 through September 9, will include a record 1513 women athletes to compete in 18 different sports. Just twenty years ago, the number was less than half, with 700 women competing the Barcelona Paralympic Games. Of the twenty sports that Paralympians are scheduled to compete in, only two events will not include women, Football 5-a-Side and Football 7-a-Side.
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AIBA President Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu on Women's Boxing's Olympic debut: "Another symbol of gender equality" The 2012 London Games featured the debut of women’s boxing as an Olympic sport. In an interview with the IWG, AIBA President and IOC Executive Member, Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu reflects on the significance this moment in the sport's history.
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Mina Mojtahedi - Developing wheelchair basketball both on and off the court When I told our national sports association for persons with disabilities here in Finland that I wanted to interview an inspiring women athlete with a disability, I was advised to contact recently retired professional wheelchair basketball player Mina Mojtahedi. Luckily for me, Ms. Mojtahedi had recently relocated to Helsinki after an impressive career playing professional basketball for nine-time champions of Germany RSV Lahn-Dill and was willing to meet with me to discuss her career, the development of disability sport and women’s involvement, and the upcoming 2012 Paralympics in London.
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Nepal: One woman’s path from social isolation to the Cricket field Maya Pun, a twenty-year-old visually impaired woman from southern Rupandehi, Nepal, lived locked in her family’s kennel-like shed for nineteen years until finally being rescued thanks to the Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) team and the Cricket Association of the Blind, Lumbini.
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Costa Rica one year after signing the Brighton Declaration on Women and Sport - Q&A with H.E. Ms. Sylvia Poll Endorsing the Brighton Declaration on Women and Sport is just the beginning to empowering women and advancing sport. The IWG is always happy to promote the efforts of Brighton signatories, and so I was pleased to have the privilege of corresponding with H.E. Ms. Poll regarding what has taken place in Costa Rica following last year’s signing.
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Inequity and the female athlete - thought-provoking discussions at the ICSEMIS 2012 Conference The ICSEMIS 2012 Conference “Sport…Inspiring a learning legacy” was held in Glasgow, Scotland July 19-24, 2012. The conference gathered together participants from all over the world to learn, share information and to discuss of the latest developments in the field of sports science.
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UNESCO-EAAF Young Leaders Forum – Encouraging the female sports leaders of tomorrow Young leaders in athletics gathered together in the UNESCO-European Athletics Young Leaders Forum held in Kisakallio, Finland June 25-29, 2012 in connection with this year’s European Athletics Championships, which took place in nearby Helsinki. During the forum 65 motivated young future leaders from over 30 different European countries developed and discussed ideas on how to promote athletics and develop themselves as leaders. I was one of the lucky ones to meet these amazing young people and also to serve as a speaker during the panel discussion entitled “How to develop women leaders”.
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She’s Game: Women Making Australian Sporting History I knew that I was doing in an important job when an undergraduate media and communications student told me that she had never heard of Heather McKay, the most dominant squash player the world has ever seen, or Margaret Court, whose impact on women's tennis was similarly profound. The student wanted to review the online project She's Game: Women Making Australian Sporting History and I was delighted by her interest.
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The 5th TAFISA World Sport For All Games The 5th quadrennial TAFISA (The Association For International Sport for All) World Sport For All Games were held this year in Siauliai region, Lithuania, 5-11 July 2012. The Games which were held under the Patronage of the President of the Republic of Lithuania, Ms Dalia Grybauskaitė, witnessed the participation of 10 366 accredited representatives of 60 countries.
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Winning Women - Report from the London 2012 Global Coaches House, August 2012 The International Council for Coaching Excellence (ICCE) partnered up with Leeds Metropolitan University and Limkokwing University, to bring together for the first time, under the roof of the Global Coaches House (GCH) the cream of Olympic Sport for a comprehensive programme of activities aimed at promoting the sharing of experiences and knowledge between coaches and coach developers from all over the world. The two week event also included a one day conference on ‘Winning Women’ – designed to explore and build on the unique strengths that women bring to coaching and the specific skills that coaches need in developing the female athlete to be all she can become.
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Upcoming Events September 1 - November 30 Additional upcoming events can be found from the IWG Calendar. You can submit events here.
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