You may join us every March for our annual International Women’s Day Webinar. This event brings together NUSF representatives, members of the FISU Family, and FISU Student Ambassadors to celebrate and discuss women’s achievements and issues in sports. With 45-80 participants, it’s an excellent opportunity for networking, learning, and inspiring change.
Last FISU Gender Equality Webinar – 5 March 2025
Gender Equality: Are you ready?
The previous FISU Gender Equality Webinar spotlighted innovative projects and best practices from different countries on gender equality. Through these examples, the webinar addressed the challenges and achievements for women in sport careers on and off the field.
The Deputy Executive Secretary to Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS – Council of Europe) Francine Raveney highlighted the Council of Europe’s work on most recent initiatives and benefits of greater gender equality in sport.
Former track and field athlete and IOC Young Leader Martin Johansen (Denmark) then elaborated on how the gender imbalance among staff can affect the progress of female athletes. His project ‘CoachEquity’ is aimed at bringing more female coaches into high-performance athletics.
Francine Raveney (Council of Europe): Deputy Executive Secretary – Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS)
Martin Johansen (Denmark): IOC Young Leader & Head of the project Coach Equity
Moderator: Nobubele Phuza (South Africa) – FISU Gender Equality Committee member
The recording of the webinar can be asked to education@fisu.net
FISU Gender Equality Webinar – 11 March 2024
As part of the Gender Equality FISU activities, this webinar celebrated examples of gender equality best practices within university sport, with presentations from the two recipients of the 2023 FISU Gender Equality Awards, respectively Samar Judah Mousa and Arménio Coelho. In addition, the Co-Chair of the International Working Group Women & Sport, Annamarie Phelps, addressed several contemporary challenges relating to gender equality in sports.
Annamarie Phelps – International Working Group Women & Sport
Arménio Coelho – Portuguese Academic Federation of University Sport – FISU Gender Equality Project Award
Samar Judah Mousa – Bethlehem University – FISU Gender Equality Champion Award
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