Empowering Girls and Women through Sport and Physical Activity 1 2 Empowering Girls and Women through Sport and Physical Activity Women Win Postal address: Saxen Weimarlaan 20-3 1075 CB Amsterdam The Netherlands Visiting address: Vijzelgracht 53B 1017 HP Amsterdam The Netherlands Phone: +31 (0) 651194006 E-mail:
[email protected] www.womenwin.org 3 Acknowledgements This report is a publication of Women Win. This report is an important component of Women Win’s impact assessment and advocacy endeavours, and is the first of many envisioned for Women Win to write in the coming years. We are grateful for the time and expertise of many others who have contributed to and strengthened the overall content of this report. A special thanks to: The Girls and Women participating in the sport programmes around the world –for sharing your personal stories, you are the leading role models for how sport is empowering your lives and other lives in your communities. Women Win Programme Partners and Fellows, and strategic partner organisations in our extended network – thank you for giving access and interviewing your participants, coaches, leaders, peer educators, and community members. You all work so hard implementing programmes in challenging circumstances, thank you for sharing your successes, mistakes, learnings, and dreams. Women Win Advisory Council – for your valuable input into the conceptual design and final wording, for graciously connecting us to your own and others’ research, and for helping us develop a robust impact assessment strategy – Martha