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Coordinated by the Olympic Committee of North Macedonia, this project aims to promote gender equality in sport by addressing representation imbalances and supporting organizations in adopting gender equality policies. The project concluded in January 2025. “Re-imagining the playing field – a gender equality in sport project” aim is to promote gender equality in sport by addressing imbalances in gender representation and raising awareness about gender inequalities in sport and to support organisations in integrating a gender equality approach into their operations and ensuring that relevant policies are applied across the organisation.
Specific objectives of GESP project:
- To understand and address the barriers to gender equality in sport by collecting insights from female athletes, coaches, referees, and other female experts in the field of sport through interviews and recording the results as a podcast.
- To develop and implement initiatives to promote gender equality in sport, by organising workshops for athletes, coaches, referees, and other sport-related professionals on the topics such as equal opportunities and representation, gender-sensitive language and behaviour, and the importance of promoting gender equality in sport.
- To build the capacity of organizations to promote gender equality and inclusiveness in sport through the provision of workshop for organisations, as well the development and distribution of a toolkit for promoting gender equality.
- To increase public awareness and understanding of gender inequalities in sport through public awareness campaign and outreach activities.