Women in decision making positions in Sport. Nicos L. Kartakoullis, PhD Cyprus Sport Organization

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Women in decision making positions in
Sport.Nicos L. Kartakoullis, PhDCyprus Sport
Organization
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Background information

• Since the 1970s, the IOC, the NOCs, Ifs, NFs and
  the widest variety of sporting organizations have
  worked to develop programmes both to enable
  women to practice whichever sports they wish and
  to train them as sports coaches and
  administrators.

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Centennial Olympic Congress, 1994

1. Encourages women to participate in sport and to
   become integrated within sports organizations
2. Invites the National Federations, the
   International Federations, the National Olympic
   Committees and other national organizations to
   ensure that women serve in the various executive
   sport bodies in order to allow them to make
   significant contribution to the evolution of
   sport and the Olympic Movement

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• 3. Decides that the National Olympic Committees
  will establish as a goal to be achieved by 31st
  December 2000 that at least 10 of all positions
  in their decision making structures be reserved
  for women and that by the year 2005 this
  percentage be increased to 20
• 4. Recommends strongly to the International
  Federations and other bodies belonging to the
  Olympic Movement that they should establish as a
  goal to be achieved by 31st December 2000 that at
  least 10 of all positions in their decision
  making structures be reserved for women and that
  by the year 2005 this percentage be increased to
  20.

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Modification of the Olympic Charter

• The Olympic Charter was amended to include an
  explicit reference to womens role in the Olympic
  Movement. Article 2, paragraph 5 stipulates that
• ()the IOC strongly encourages, by appropriate
  means, the promotion of women in sport at all
  levels and in all structures, particularly in the
  executive bodies of national and international
  sports organizations with a view to the strict
  application of the principle of equality between
  men and women.

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• Positive discrimination can assist in the
  increased representation of women.
• However, more important than this
• is the winning of administrative
• leadership positions on merit.

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• There are many examples of women who have
  succeeded as top sport administrators.
• It is not an issue of skills, knowledge and
  experience

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• What is the challenge then?
• TRUE INTENSIONS

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• Are there true intensions in
• this respect?

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• A huge gap between theory and practice

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• Subculture of gender dominance in leadership
  positions
• (especially in sport)

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Eva Pasquier, FIFA Development Manager for Europe

• The answer is simple challenge the traditional
  stereotypes and help to ensure that women are
  given the respect they deserve.