Empowering Young Europeans in Sport for a Culture of Respect and Integrity — Against Sexualised Violence and Gender Harassment
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Empowering young Europeans in sport for a culture of respect and integrity — against sexualised violence and gender harassment european meetings 21.–22. 5. 2013 Kick-Off Partners Meeting | Vienna, Austria sport uNioN 27. 9.–1. 10. 2013 1st European Training | Stockerau, Austria 8.–12. 11. 2013 2nd European Training | Stockerau, Austria 12.–13. 9. 2014 Best Practice Meeting | Cologne, Germany final conference 26.–27. 2. 2015 Vienna | Haus der EU Wipplingerstraße 35, 1010 Vienna, Austria Empowering young Europeans in sport for a culture of respect and integrity — against sexualised violence and gender harassment Available data suggest that about one in five children in Europe are victims of some form of sexual violence. www.coe.int/1in5 www.sport-respects-your-rights.eu contents introduction Austrian Federal Ministry introduction of Families and Youth 3 Dr. Sophie Karmasin, The prevention of violence that has been achieved and I am Austrian Federal Minister of Families and Youth against children and young peo- happy that my ministry played 3 Hartwig Löger, SportUnion Austria ple is one of the most important an integral part in supporting this 4 Dr. Bettina Rulofs, German Sport University Cologne objectives of my ministry. Unfor- project. The importance of broad 4 Jan Holze, EngSo Youth tunately, many cases of violence European networks in dealing 5 Sport respects your rights: Empowering young are never documented, making it with the issue of violence was Europeans in sport for a culture of respect Dr. Sophie Karmasin a very difficult problem to tackle. actively recognised by the project and integrity – against sexualised violence and Federal Minister of initiators and it was this network Thus it is extremely important gender harassment Families and Youth, that made it so successful. Austria to combat violence before it even occurs through widespread Dr. Sophie Karmasin prevention measures. With Sport Austrian Federal Minister good practice respects your rights, precisely of Families and Youth 13 Edge Hill University, Uk 19 FiAF | Italian Aerobic and Fitness Federation 25 kpH | Campaign Against Homophobia, Poland SPORTUNION Austria 31 noC*nSF | Dutch Olympic Committee * Dutch Sports Federation 37 DJk Sports Youth, Germany It has been a great honour for your rights calls attention to 43 dsj | German Sports Youth SPORTUNION Österreich to lead the often concealed problem of 49 ÖLV | Austrian Athletics Federation this high-level project network sexual harassment and abuse 55 SPORTUNION Österreich and, above all, the young Euro- in sports. This problem has to be peans in sport. S p o r t U n i o n fought! Let’s fight it together! strives to create a protective and outlook Hartwig Löger inclusive spirit in all of our clubs. President of We believe the purpose of our 61 Sport respects your rights: Summary and prospects SPORTUNION work lies beyond just sports, it is Ö s t e r r e i c h of the project the opportunity to pro-actively affect the community around Hartwig Löger us and grant each member their President of SPORTUNION space and respect. Sport respects Österreich 2 3 introduction introduction German Sport University Sport respects Cologne your rights Sport in Europe offers young part of an exceptional move- people significant possibilities ment: developing a culture of Empowering young Europeans for their wellbeing. Yet, scientific respect and integrity in sport. in sport for a culture of respect and research has shown that young We are thankful to witness the people are vulnerable to mal- campaigns developed by young integrity — against sexualised treatment in sport. This is the Europeans in this project and violence and gender harassment springboard for Sport respects we are positive that they will Dr. Bettina Rulofs your rights. encourage other young people German Sport to stand up for their rights! University Cologne, The German Sports University Institute of Sociology was entrusted with the train- and Gender Studies Agnes Kainz Sport respects your rights was a develop self-confident behaviour ing, coaching and evaluation of transnational project, developed against sexualised violence the project and by this, became Dr. Bettina Rulofs sportunion to fight abuse and gender-based and harassment in sports. Young Österreich violence in the youth sport sector. sportswomen and sportsmen The project ran for 24 months. It were given the platform to ENGSO Youth was funded in the priority area develop their own youth-led Empowerment work at grass- campaigns through which they One of the main tasks of the your rights is a project that gave roots level as the only sports raised awareness amongst peers, European sporting movement is an impulse on just this path: a project in the DApHnE iii Pro- in their sport environment to work towards safeguarding further stepping-stone towards gramme 2011/2012 of the Europe- and beyond. This participatory the integrity of sports and the our vision of creating a safe, an Union. It built on the network process allowed the young peo- well-being of young sports- inclusive and participative Euro- and exchange of good practice ple to become powerful multi- women and -men. We believe pean youth sector! initiated through the EU project pliers and active agents of social Jan Holze coordinating concerted Euro- Better, Safer, Stronger – Preven- change in their settings. Parallel Chairman of ENGSO pean action leads to success and tion of sexual and gender harass- to the educational youth work, Youth | Youth it is indispensable to invest into ment and abuse in sports (Project each project partner developed organisation of the European Non- the education and empowerment Lead: German Sports Youth). a multi-sector network in order Governmental Sports of multipliers and young Euro- Jan Holze to create long-lasting synergies Sport respects your rights sup- Organisation peans in sport. Sport respects Chairman of EngSo Youth to fight violence and harassment ported Europeans aged 16 to 22 to in sport. 4 5 introduction introduction Based on two Poland and the Netherlands) from the sport-for-all , fitness ing and developing self-esteem, implemented Sport respects your and amateur, University, special communicational skills, reflec- processes rights within their settings. The and professional sports sectors, tive and assertive behaviour Eight organisations from six access to young Europeans in or worked with youth groups and a general culture of respect European countries (Austria, sport varied between the differ- through socio-cultural commu- in sport settings.Sport respects Ger many, Italy, United Kingdom, ent organisations which were nities and an NGO. The imple- your rights focused on the ca- mentation within each partner pacity of multipliers and young Figure 1: Structure of organisation was based on two Europeans at grass roots sport Sport respects your rights in the setting of the Funding main processes (see Figure 1). level to reflect, act and protect implementing partner stakeholders themselves against sexual abuse, organisations: 1. Bottom-up process: the violence and gender harassment. education of multipliers National/regional Civil society The young people who created politics Public authority and the creation of Top-down process the campaigns sensitised fur- Building cross-sector youth-led campaigns networks to support ther peers and intermediaries in the sport sector A project coordinator from each their settings to build a culture Victim support Scientific and organisations, partner organisation and two lo- of respect and integrity in and national experts NGOs cal actors from each participating through sport. local sport club or youth group Partner (for example a board member and 2. Top-down process: organisation a youth coach) were educated building cross-sector through two European Trainings networks to support to work with the youth sectors in the sport sector their respective sport settings. Simultaneously, the partner Through local youth workshops organisations initiated national, Bottom-up process each partner created youth-led local club local club local club regional or local multidiscipli- Education of multipliers campaigns – developed by youth and creation of nary networks (“Round Tables”) for youth. youth-led campaigns involving diverse and relevant Two local actors Two local actors Two local actors This participatory process aimed stakeholders from society. at both ownership of the project These aimed to find synergies Youth sector Youth sector Youth sector and identification with its aims and build supportive structures through the active involvement for the sport sector regarding of the target group. The focus was the topic, adress national and Youth peer group Youth peer group Youth peer group laid on raising awareness, install- regional strategies to move the 6 7 introduction introduction agenda forward and provide a a multi-tier process. The aim was Steering Group: platform for the dissemination to encourage a self-perpetuating, • SPORTUNION Austria (Lead of the youth-led campaigns. The multiplying effect in the sport Partner) Round Tables also investigated sector through empowering • German Sport University of possibilities to keep the created the target group, 16 to 22 year old Cologne, Institute of Sociology network alive after the European Europeans (see figure 2). and Gender Studies (in charge funding had ceased. The actual scope of Sport respects of training, coaching, monitor- Throughout the project, mentor- your rights, reached within the ing and evaluating) ing advice was available