From Windhoek From to Montreal: and Women Sport Progress Report 1998-2002 For the Group (IWG) Working International From Windhoek to Montreal International Working Group on Women and Sport Women and Sport Progress Report 1998-2002 Anita White & Deena Scoretz For the International Working Group on women and Sport (IWG) Contact information for the IWG Secretariat from 2002-2006: IWG Secretariat P.O. Box 1111-HHD, Tokyo-Chiyoda Central Station, Tokyo 100-8612 Japan Tel: +81 3 5446 8983 Fax: +81 3 5446 8942 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.iwg-gti.org Photos used in this document have been provided by the following: Aerobics for Pregnant Women Program, Zimbabwe Bernard Brault Bev Smith Canada Games Council and Concepts to Applause Canadian Paralympic Committee Caribbean Coaching Certification Program, St. Lucia Commonwealth Games Canada - International Sport Development K. Terauds Martin Charboneau Sayuri Inoue (JWS) Singapore Sports Council Smith College (USA) WomenSports Federation (I. R. of Iran) IBSN 0-9730719-0-7 This document is also available in French and Spanish: De Windhoek à Montréal : Rapport d'étape sur les femmes et le sport, 1998-2002 De Windhoek a Montreal: Informe de Avance sobre la Mujer y el Deporte, 1998-2002 © International Working Group on Women and Sport, 2002 From Windhoek to Montreal International Working Group on Women and Sport Women and Sport Progress Report 1998-2002 Anita White & Deena Scoretz For the International Working Group (IWG) Table of Contents Acknowledgements . .v Message from the Co-Chairs of the International Working Group on Women and Sport . .vii Introduction . .ix Chapter 1: Background and Context A) First world conference in Brighton, UK in 1994 . .1 B) Work started between 1994 and 1998 . .3 C) Second world conference in Windhoek, Namibia in 1998 . .4 D) Work of the IWG and progress made between 1998 and 2002 . .7 Chapter 2: Progress on the Windhoek Call for Action 1. Develop action plans . .9 • CAAWS - Canada . .10 • Womens Sports Foundation UK . .10 • Sport Council for Wales . .11 • Australian Sports Commission . .11 • Botswana National Sports Council . .12 • Finnish Sports Federation . .13 • Women’s Sports Foundation USA . .13 • Commonwealth Games Federation . .13 • Commonwealth Games Association of Canada . .14 • Supreme Council of Sport in Africa (SCSA) Zone 6 . .14 • International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE) . .14 2. Reach out beyond the current boundaries of the sport sector . .15 • WomenSport International (WSI) . .15 • Australian Sports Commission . .16 • Commonwealth Games Association of Canada . .18 • Singapore Sports Council . .18 • Japanese Association of Women in Sport . .18 • Liberian Women and Sport Association . .19 • Girl Scouts USA . .19 • CAAWS – Canada . .19 • DEMUSA – Mexico . .20 3. Promote and share information about the positive contribution of girls’ and women’s involvement in sport . .21 • WomenSport International (WSI) . .21 • International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women (IAPESGW) . .21 • Women’s Sports Foundation USA . .21 • CAAWS – Canada . .22 • Australian Sports Commission . .23 • Singapore Sports Council . .24 • Finland . .25 i 4. Build the capacity of women as leaders and decision-makers . .26 • International Olympic Committee (IOC) . .26 • Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) . .27 • Conférence des Ministres de la Jeunesse et des Sports des Pays d’Expression Française (CONFEJES) . .28 • Coaching Association of Canada . .29 • Australian Sports Commission . .30 • Women’s Sports Foundation USA . .30 • Finnish Sports Federation . .31 • Singapore Sports Council . .31 • National Olympic and Sports Committee - France . .31 • Ministry of Youth and Sport – France . .32 • Girl Scouts USA . .33 5. Avert the "world crisis in physical education" . .34 • International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE) . .34 • MINEPS III (UNESCO) . .35 • International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women (IAPESGW) . .36 • Hillary Commission – New Zealand . ..