2023-10-30 01:02:42
UN Women Côte d’Ivoire organized this Thursday, October 26, 2023, at the Agora of Koumassi, a commune in the south of Abidjan, a debate around the theme “Africa at the center of the game”, in collaboration with the media pan-African “Le Monde Afrique”.
At this debate, UN Women, a United Nations entity working for gender equality and the empowerment of women, developed the UN organization’s vision on parity in sports.
For UN Women, equal opportunities in the sector should allow women and girls “equal access to sporting opportunities at all levels, from grassroots participation to high-level competitions”. This includes access to sports facilities, resources and training.
The institution advocates equal treatment, emphasizing the principle that women and men should be treated equally in sport with regard to remuneration, media visibility and financial support.
It also supports the elimination of gender stereotypes that exist in the world of sport, with the aim of putting an end to prejudices that can limit the participation of women in certain sporting disciplines or prevent them from taking on leadership roles. leadership in sports.
And this, within sports federations, Olympic committees or other sports organizations. Furthermore, UN Women campaigns for the prevention of sexual violence and harassment in sport.
According to Seyni Seck, president of the Women’s Football Commission of the Senegalese Football Federation and sports and gender influencer for UN Women, “sport is the best way to promote gender equality.”
“Women have their place, whether on the ground or in administration. I used the difficulties I had to experience to become a footballer to be today within the administration of the Senegalese Football Federation,” she testified.
“We had talent, but we lacked harmonization because we did not give importance to women in women’s football, and the funds were mainly used for men,” she added.
“So I committed to changing things and the proof is that 10 years later the Senegalese women’s team was able to obtain qualifications, something that was unthinkable before,” she continued. Today, the Women’s Football Committee is made up of women.
For her part, Clémentine Touré, coach of the Ivory Coast women’s football team, observed that female athletes are trying “with CAF to change the image of women’s football. (Because), we often talk regarding women’s football or men’s football when there is only one football.
“If we manage to get people to accept that football, like other sporting disciplines and any other sport for that matter, is played in the same way by women as by men, I think we can change things” , she estimated.
UN Women was created to accelerate progress in meeting the needs of women everywhere. In Côte d’Ivoire, UN Women is emphasizing certain priority areas.
This is regarding women’s leadership in governance, political participation, economic empowerment Fight once morest violence once morest women and girls; Peace and Security, and Gender in Humanitarian Action.
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