“The potential of sport to promote gender equality”.

Sport has enormous potential as a tool to promote gender equality. However, it can also be a space where unequal relationships and various forms of gender-based violence are perpetuated. In this webinar, we will reflect on the dual role of sport: as an arena rife with challenges, but also as an engine for social transformation.
Based on the experience of Fútbol Más, we will explore how to use sport to promote more egalitarian relationships, foster safe environments and build good practices that favor inclusion and respect. In addition, we will analyze the main challenges that arise in this path and share strategies to address them from a practical and contextualized approach.
This space seeks to inspire professionals, educators and agents of change to harness the power of sport as a platform to move towards a more just and egalitarian society.

Bio notes

Marta Mena Avalos is a trained social worker (University of Pablo de Olavide, Seville) and works with children and young people from disadvantaged contexts or at risk of exclusion since 2018, both in the field of leisure and free time, as well as in educational centers, at a formal level.
She started at Fundación Fútbol Más España in 2023 as a social technician in the educational center CEIP Paulo Orosio, implementing the project Deporte Por Refugio with Primary school children.
She currently carries out other lines of action within the organization, mostly related to the promotion of gender equality in sport.
It is worth mentioning the work in the Más que Campeonas (More Than Champions) Project, whose main objective is facilitating access to sport for girls, adolescents and women from vulnerable contexts through the creation of safe spaces, in addition to providing female sports references.

Anna Donovan has a degree in International Relations and Development, with research focused on gender and sexual violence. She has worked on youth inclusion projects that promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls through sport. At Fútbol Más, she contributes to both project implementation and lines of research.
 

This activity is part of the European project EQUI-Champions | Promoting inclusion, gender equity and non-violent models of masculinities in sports environment (GA 101134522), funded by the European Union's Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). 
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This activity will be in spanish, provided through Zoom platform and does not require registration. Participation is limited to the number of places available > https://zoom.us/j/81253663880 | ID: 812 5366 3880 | Senha: 481918

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