５月号の論説では、IAPESGWのRosa Lopez deD'Amico会長による、オーストラリアでの国際スポー
ツ科学・体育協議会（ICSSPE）への参加，スロベキアの訪問，コロンビアの学校への参観の3つの報告がなされました．5月の15〜17日にかけて行われたICSSPEの年次総会は，重要なプロジェクトに関して実りの多い会合となりました．また，Anneliese Goslin前副会長の功績をたたえる素晴らしい機会ともなりました．
Goslin前副会長は，スポーツ科学での卓越性を称える
ICSSPEの最高評価となるthe Philip Noel-Baker
Research賞を受賞されました．また，Anneliese
Goslin前副会長は2017年にthe Dorothy
Ainsworth Research賞をIAPESGWから受賞されました。

IAPESGW International Update, May 2019: News and resources fromaround the world
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IAPESGW president Rosa López de D'Amico shares news of three visits she maderecently:
ICSSPE annual meeting in Austria - Anneliese Goslin awarded the Philip Noel-Baker
Research Award

Photograph: Uri Schaefer (ICSSPE president) presenting the award to Anneliese Goslin
Between May 15th to 17th took place ICSSPE annual board meeting. It was a very productive
meeting with important projects that ICSSPE has in place. It was a great occasion to celebrate
the distinction that one of our former Vice-President, Anneliese Goslin. She was awarded thePhilip Noel-Baker Research Award; it is the highest recognition of ICSSPE to honour
excellence in sport science.
This is a recognition to her outstanding academic career; she received it in her humble andquiet attitude but was very emotionally touched by this distinction. It was indeed a very
exciting moment for all the ICSSPE board members and staff. It is also important to rememberthat Anneliese received in 2017 the Dorothy Ainsworth Research Award that is given by
IAPESGW.
Congratulations Anneliese!

Visit to Slovakia
On May 14th, Rosa López de D’Amico and Rosa Diketmüller were invited by Prof. Branislav
Antala to visit Bratislava (Slovakia) to enjoy a game of the Ice Hockey World Championshipthat was taking place there and obviously to go to Comenius University. He is FIEP VicePresident for Europe and in this university is the FIEP secretariat office for Europe. We had
the great chance to meet the Dean of the Faculty Prof. (Dr) Marian Vanderka, with whom weshared a few thoughts and it is very curious to report that he participated as athlete in theSummer and Winter Olympic Games!

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We also had the chance to meet this nice teenager Lucia Antalova, who together with herfather Branislav took us to a game of the Ice Hockey World Championship, a very interesting
experience. Now, Lucia is a football player member of the football club Slovan Bratislava, she
has been five times national champion of Slovac Republic, four times in the category under
15, and once in under 19 so far. She continues playing actively football and in her high schoolstudies in which she is doing pretty well. It was great to meet Lucia and share with her sometime!
We appreciate the kind invitation and hospitality received by Branislav Antala. The good
relationship that IAPESGW and FIEP have had, still continues for future projects.
Rosa Diketmüller and Rosa D’Amico
Some photographs from the event:At the entrance of the Faculty

Signing as visitors in the FIEP officeBranislav Antala, Rosa Diketmüller, Rosa D’Amico and Dean Marian Vanderka

3Rosa Diketmüller, Lucia Antalova and Rosa López de D’Amico at the entrance of the Game
A visit to a rural school in Colombia
It was a great pleasure to accompany Dr. Luz Amelia Hoyos and her students from
Universidad Pedagógica located in Bogotá (Colombia) to a visit to a rural school in thesurrounding towns of Bogotá. They are studying to become Physical Education Teachers andSport Teachers; the visit to the rural school was part of one of the teacher’s training practicethey have to fulfil in one of the courses. They conducted a class to children from 5th and 6th
grade; the school is Eugenio Diaz Castro located in El Charquito. On a hill and with atemperature of 15 degrees Celsius they conducted a 90 minutes class in which the school
children enjoyed a lot and at the end of the class they wanted to continue playing. The
excitement was such that the school teacher and Luz Amelia planned to take the children to
the University in the near future, so they could have a different experience! The school islocated about 2 hours away from Bogotá.
It was also a nice experience to listen to their feedback at the end of the activity. The
university students valued the chance of visiting rural schools and get to know the reality inthose schools that are different from the ones they visit in the capital. At the end theygathered to have a well-deserved refreshment and were happy to pose for a photo to be
published in the IAPESGW bulletin!

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May Editorial
Our President, Rosa D’Amico (Venezuela) has been a world traveler this month. You canread her report and see photos about her interesting visits to Austria, Slovenia and Columbia.
More travel miles are ahead for Rosa and many of us as the Madrid Regional Congress draws
near in July.
I have covered thousands of miles, but in Australia, by car, train and plane, crossing east to
west and now south to north, holidaying in tropical far north Queensland, in Cooktown, where
Captain Cook landed in 1770 to save his ship that was smashed on the nearby Great Barrier
Reef. I am “resting and recovering” after playing masters basketball in Cairns, winning a gold
medal with my over 50’s team! I was awarded a prize for being the oldest woman in thecompetition; most of my team are over 60 and three of us are in our 70’s. Yet the oldest malecompetitor was only 62!
The sport was good – and its always nice to win all games - but the most enjoyable part is the
fun and friendship of being part of a team of old and new friends. It is very special and there
are lasting memories when you play something you are passionate about and you share thisexperience with other likeminded women.
This month’s edition covers news from international sporting federations, plus much more; forexample:x Announcements about international events and conferences in Athens, Seoul and New
York
x More coverage of Caster Semenya’s case: she lost her appeal against the IAAF andhas since announced she will run longer distances (over a mile) which do not require
her to lower her testosterone levels. Breaking news is that she will now appeal again,
but to a Swiss court.
x FIG, the International Gymnastics Federation has approved plans to protect athletes
from harassment and abuse.
x EU Commission has announced that applications are open for their 2019 Be Inclusive
Awards and likewise the ITU (Triathlon) have announced applications are open for
their 2019 Awards of Excellencex In football, UEFA has launched a women’s football strategy for Europe for the firsttime, to double the number of players in Europe by 2024 and Special Olympics havelaunched a “Keep Up with the Girls Football” planx The WHO have announced guidelines to promote a healthy lifestyle to reduce the riskof dementia and also guidelines for healthy living for children under 5 years5x World Rugby has launched a huge initiative based on the concept that when girls start
playing rugby they learn values to make you “Unstoppable”
x FIH (hockey) will establish a Women in Sport Commission
x Nike will end its financial penalties for its sponsored pregnant female athletes
x Look at a breakthrough research publication/survey in sport on European lesbian, gay
bi-sexual, transgender and intersex competitors
We cover news from Argentina, Australia, Canada, Egypt, Hungary, South Africa, Spain,
United Arab Emirates and the UK: Reframing Sport for Teenage Girls is a very interesting UK
approach.
Enjoy reading the May International Update and be active too!
Are you getting your 150 minutes of physical activity each week? I certainly did!
Janice Crosswhite OAM
Communications Director

International
Events....
15th Annual International Conference on Sport & Exercise Science
29-31 July & 1 August 2019, Athens, Greece
Academic Responsible: Dr. Maria Konstantaki, Senior Lecturer, Buckinghamshire New University,
UK. You are more than welcome to submit a proposal for presentation.
The final abstract submission deadline is 17 June 2019.
If you need more information, please let me know, and our administration will send it to you, including
the link to the website, and abstract submission form. We do hope you can contribute to our academic
activities.
View more details

Late alerting you to this - BUT still just time to make young people aware of thisopportunity if you act immediately....
2019 UNESCO Sport and the SDGs Youth “Funshop” in Seoul on 5 – 8 September 2019- apply now to participate
UNESCO is searching for young leaders from Asia and the Pacific to participate in
the 2019 Sport & the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) youth FUNSHOP: a three-day
event specially designed to advance the capabilities of youth activists who are using sport asa tool for sustainable development and peace. Participants in the Funshop will havethe opportunity to become members of the UNESCO Youth and Sport Task Force, a vibrantnetwork of young leaders established in November 2017 following the first Sport Funshop heldin Manila, Philippines.
Sixty outstanding young leaders from various countries around Asia-Pacific will join the
Korean youth to participate in intensive workshops, sport activities and networking events overthree days in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
The selected applicants will be the primary Funshop participants and are expected tocontribute to all the activities. This includes the core breakout sessions focused on gathering
youth perspectives on issues and opportunities that shape the sport for development sector.

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Aligned with UNESCO’s Operational Strategy on Youth 2014-2021, the priorities and specificthematic topics to be covered will be decided by the current Task Force members, together
with UNESCO.
Deadline for application is 1 June 2019
View more details

Call For Papers: Football Feminism – Global Governance Perspectives
The Symposium - The Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic
Law and Justice at NYU School of Law will host a symposium on February 24 – 25, 2020
to explore feminist perspectives on global football (soccer) governance and the
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).
Last year, FIFA launched a Women’s Football Strategy to “empower the organisation to takefurther concrete steps to address the historic shortfalls in resources and representation, while
advocating for a global stand against gender discrimination through playing football.” This planfor institutional reform, along with the 2019 Women’s World Cup, offers an opportune momentto think critically about the future of world football from various feminist perspectives. The
Symposium therefore seeks to explore the system of governance that regulates footballaround the globe through the lens of gender and to consider what it would mean for global
football governance to be feminist.
The Submission Process
Both established and early-career legal scholars (including graduate students) are invited tosubmit proposals to present papers addressing the symposium theme.
Anyone wishing to offer a paper should submit a working title and an abstract of no more than
300 words, along with a one-page CV, by email to michele.krech@law.nyu.edu by July 15,
2019.
The selection of abstracts will be communicated by August 1, 2019.
View more details----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Inside the games reports (1 May 2019)
Semenya loses landmark legal case against IAAF over testosterone rules
Caster Semenya has lost her landmark case against the International Association of Athletics
Federations (IAAF), meaning she will have to take medication to reduce her testosterone if
she wants to continue running on the world stage.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has been deliberating on what it has labelled one of
the most "pivotal" cases in its history and has announced the verdict today.
Semenya, a double Olympic and triple world champion over 800 metres, was challenging the
IAAF which had been hoping to bring in new rules on female participation.
The IAAF claimed the South African and other female runners with high testosterone levels,
who compete between 400m and the mile, must either take medication or compete againstmen.
According to the world governing body, this was to create a level playing field but the 28-yearold Semenya and others argued the testosterone in her body was naturally occurring and so
to ban her would be unfair.
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Semenya is by far the most high-profile athlete who the rules will impact.
The case has provided heated debate, with Athletics South Africa (ASA) and the United
Nations Human Rights Council both publicly criticising the IAAF.
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And...
Inside the games reports (8 May 2019)
IAAF "strongly disagree" with World Medical Association criticism of regulations
following Semenya verdict
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has hit back at the World
Medical Association (WMA) after the organisation called on its members not to administer
drugs which lower the level of testosterone in female athletes with differences in sexual
development (DSD).
In a letter sent to the WMA, the IAAF said it "strongly disagrees" with the group's concerns
about the validity of the regulations, which came into effect today following last week's Court of
Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling in its case against Caster Semenya.
The rules mean Semenya, a two-time Olympic and triple world champion over 800 metres,
and other affected athletes will have to take medication to reduce their testosterone if theywant to continue running on the world stage at events between 400m and a mile.
DSD athletes with naturally high levels of testosterone who wish to participate in events
between the two distances must medically limit that level to under 5 nmol/L, double the normal
female range of below 2 nmol/L.
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The letter....
Around the Rings (7 May 2019)
IAAF letter to the World Medical Association
Dear Doctor Leonid Eidelman,
Dear Board Members of the World Medical Association,
Following a request from the South African Medical Association, The World Medical
Association (WMA) has called twice on physicians around the world to take no part in
implementing the IAAF Eligibility Regulations for the female classification (athletes withdifferences of sex development).
We would like to bring the following points to your attention.
The DSD regulations only apply to individuals who are:legally female (or intersex) and
who have one of a certain number of specified DSDs, which mean that they have:male chromosomes (XY) not female chromosomes (XX)testes not ovaries
circulating testosterone in the male range not the (much lower) female range
the ability to make use of that testosterone circulating within their bodies by having
functional androgen receptors
The WMA President, Dr Leonid Eidelman, said: “We have strong reservations about the
ethical validity of these regulations. They are based on weak evidence from a single study,
which is currently being widely debated by the scientific community...”8

The IAAF Regulations in this matter are not based on a single study, but on many scientificpublications and observations from the field during the last 15 years. All these materials were
submitted to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and discussed during the hearing. The Panel
has accepted the validity of this evidence and has recently decided to uphold the IAAF
Regulations.
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View the full letter

Inside the games reports (2 May 2019)
FIG Executive Committee approves proposals to protect athletes and other participantsfrom harassment and abuse
International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) plans to protect athletes and other participants fromharassment and abuse have been approved by the world governing body’s Executive
Committee.
It was among the main decisions taken over the course of the Executive Committee’s two-day
meeting in Saint Petersburg in Russia.
The framework supplements the policy and procedures for safeguarding and protecting
participants, the FIG claims.
Its purpose is to help draft a specific plan for an event to minimise the likelihood of incidents ofharassment and abuse.
Approval of the framework comes around two months after FIG Athletes' Commission
chairperson Liubov Charkashyna sparked controversy by suggesting some athletes had
claimed they had been sexually abused for financial gain.
The FIG Executive Committee member appeared to reference the scandal in the UnitedStates, where former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was found to have sexually
abused hundreds of athletes under the guise of medical treatment.
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EU Commission - Sport (7 May 2019)2019 BeInclusive EU Sport Awards - applications now open...................................................................................................................................................
This year, the European Commission will again award organisations recognising the power ofsport to improve social inclusion for disadvantaged groups through the 2019 BeInclusive EU
Sport Awards. Join us in celebrating excellence in promoting unity and inclusivity.
Your organisation may be working with: ethnic minorities, refugees, migrants, people withdisabilities, vulnerable young people; or other disadvantaged societal groups. Tell us how yourorganisation supports integration through sport!
From 2 May to 23 July 2019, entries will be open for the 2019 BeInclusive EU Sport
Awards. Any organisation – public or private, commercial or non-profit – that has
successfully implemented a sport project in Europe supporting social inclusion canapply.

9Winning projects will be presented to help foster ideas and initiatives among otherorganisations and individuals across Europe furthering the goal of social integration throughsport. The three winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony in November 2019
in Brussels.
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Inside the games reports (8 May 2019)
The International Triathlon Union (ITU) Women's Committee is calling for nominations for its
2019 award of excellence.
The committee, chaired by Tomoko Wada, has asked national federations to submit proposals
for recipients of the award by May 29.
Nominees are recognised for their contribution towards the advancement of women in sport
through triathlon or Paratriathlon.
This year's winner will be revealed at the ITU Congress in Lausanne in August.
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Inside the games reports (9 May 2019)
International Gymnastics Federation holds women's leadership forum in SaintPetersburg
A forum designed to encourage female leadership has been held by the International
Gymnastics Federation (FIG) as part of the organisation's efforts to improve gender balance.
The inaugural event in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg was attended by representatives
from 40 countries.
The FIG claim the two-day forum will help increase the number of women in its decisionmaking bodies.
One of the FIG's vice-presidents is female, five-time Olympic gold medallist Nellie Kim, andthe governing body has also introduced a 30 per cent quota for each gender in its elections forroles within the FIG.
The FIG said its main challenge was to identify and encourage those interested in taking on agovernance role.
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Inside the games reports (10 May 2019)
World Lacrosse confirm commitment to gender equality by signing Declaration on
Women and Sport
World Lacrosse President Sue Redfern has reaffirmed the International Federation’scommitment to furthering opportunities for women and girls to participate in the sport bysigning the Brighton plus Helsinki 2014 Declaration on Women and Sport.
The signing took place during SportAccord Summit, where earlier in the week the governing
body had launched its new name and logo.

10Redfern was joined for the signing by Australian international Sachiyo Yamada and Irina
Gladkikh, the International Olympic Committee's associate director for Olympic Winter Sports
Federations, who also works on gender equity matters.
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Special Olympics (10 May 2019)'Keep Up With the Girls' on Football Pitches across Europe‘Keep Up With the Girls’ is a brand new European Union-supported project aimed at getting
women and girls with and without intellectual disabilities (ID) involved in football.
Football pitches in 20 countries across Europe are coming alive with activity this summer as
women and girls with and without intellectual disabilities (ID) claim their place on the grass as
part of the ‘Keep Up With the Girls’ project! From Spain to Slovakia and from Bulgaria to
Belgium, Special Olympics sports events—along with the pan-European awarenesscampaign—aim to show every girl deserves the opportunity to play football.
The ‘Keep Up With the Girls’ awareness campaign is being backed by Special Olympics
Global Ambassadors Didier Drogba and Cafu, FIFA Legend, Verónica "Vero" Boquete,
Netherlands football star, Kirsten van de Ven, as well as other stars from the worlds of sports
and entertainment such as Special Olympics Global Ambassador Nicole Scherzinger, Special
Olympics Board of Directors member, Natalia Vodianova and WWE Superstar Finn Bálor.
These stars and others—as well as Special Olympics athletes—had the chance to show off
their football skills in a special campaign video aimed at encouraging women and girls to get
involved in the Beautiful Game! This video as well as other campaign highlights will makea splash across social media in the 20 campaign countries between 25 May and 2 June2019.
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World Health Organization (14 May 2019)
New WHO guidelines promote healthy lifestyle to reduce risk of dementia
New WHO guidelines released on 14 May 2019 advocate physical activity and a healthy
lifestyle as important strategies to prevent dementia. “Unfortunately, many people withdementia are diagnosed too late, and treatment options are then less effective. Since
dementia remains a condition without a cure, early detection, treatment, care and support are
key in terms of an effective public health response. Risk reduction strategies, such as
pursuing a healthy lifestyle through regular exercise and by not smoking, are also very
important,” comments Bente Mikkelsen, Director of the Division of Noncommunicable
Diseases and Promoting Health through the Life-course, WHO/Europe.
Used as an umbrella term for a range of symptoms caused by a disease or other brain
injuries, dementia leads to a gradual decline in intellectual functioning – affecting a person’s
memory, cognitive capacities and ability to engage in daily activities.
In the words of Dr Daniel Chisholm, Programme Manager for Mental Health at WHO/Europe,“the new guidelines show that we need to act on the behaviours that increase the risk ofdementia such as smoking, physical inactivity and unhealthy diet, in the same way we do fordiseases like cancer, diabetes and stroke”.
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UEFA (17 May 2019)
Time for Action: first ever UEFA women's football strategy launchedUEFA has launched a dedicated women's football strategy for the first time, aiming to double
number of female players in Europe by 2024.
For the first time in its history, UEFA has launched a dedicated women's football strategy. It
commits UEFA to a five-year strategic framework with the aim of supporting, guiding and lifting
both women's football and the position of women in football across Europe.
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Time for Action: UEFA Women's Football Strategy 2019–24 [43 pages] will focus on building
the foundations within UEFA and its member associations to give European women's football
the best possible platform to thrive. UEFA will invest in programmes and initiatives to support
a balanced delivery of this plan from grassroots to elite levels.
The UEFA women's football strategy aims to reach the following goals by 2024:x

Double the number of women and girls playing football in UEFA's member associations to
2.5 million
x Change the perceptions of women's football across Europe
x Double the reach and value of the UEFA Women's EURO and the UEFA Women'sChampions League
x Improve player standards by reaching standard agreements for national team players andputting safeguarding policies in place in all 55 member associations
x Double female representation on all UEFA bodies...................................................................................................................................................
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Inside the games reports (21 May 2019)
World Rugby launches landmark initiative to revolutionise women's game
World Rugby has today launched a landmark initiative aimed at revolutionising and generating
exposure for the women's game worldwide and inspiring participation.
The campaign focuses on the concept that when a person chooses to start playing rugby, it is
not just the game and their team-mates that change their life but also the values of the sport.
World Rugby wants to communicate to every female across the globe that taking up the sport
has the power to make them "Unstoppable".
Among the other themes of the campaign is that "the passion and discipline that rugby
teaches you on the field will help and strengthen you off it" and that "the lines you
breakthrough on the pitch will help you overcome obstacles in life".
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Inside the games reports (23 May 2019)
IOC member Leeswadtrakul elected Deputy President of Badminton World Federation
International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul of Thailand
has been elected Deputy President of the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
Leeswadtrakul, a BWF Executive Board member who was elected to the IOC in 2017, secured
a majority victory over sole challenger Zhang Jun, the Chinese Badminton Association
President and double Olympic gold medallist.
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Inside the games reports (23 May 2019)
FIH creates Women in Sports Committee
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is set to form a Women in Sports Committee aspart of its #EquallyAmazing strategy promoting gender equality.
The Committee will raise awareness about gender equality, inclusion and promote diversity insports practice and governance.
Four strategic priorities have been defined for the Committee.
These include developing and implementing an FIH Women in Sport strategy, as well as
overseeing gender equality in the Executive Board and recommending changes.
The Committee will also establish contacts with the people responsible for women's hockey ineach national association, and cooperate with other International Federations.
FIH Executive Board member and European Hockey Federation President Marijke Fleuren of
the Netherlands will chair the Committee. Fleuren is also a member of the International
Olympic Committee Women in Sport Commission.
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New York Times (24 May 2019)
Nike says it will end financial penalties for pregnant athletes
Responding to criticism about its treatment of its sponsored athletes who become pregnant,the sportswear giant Nike committed on Friday to ensuring that such athletes are notfinancially penalized.
Nike said it would waive performance-pay reductions for 12 months for athletes “who decide tohave a baby,” promising to add terms that reinforce this policy into the company’s contracts
with sponsored athletes.
In articles and videos for The New York Times opinion department over the past two weeks,current and former Nike-sponsored runners such as Alysia Montaño, Kara Goucher, Phoebe
Wright and Allyson Felix recalled tough decisions they had to make when considering whether
to have children and described financial penalties that Nike athletes faced if they became
pregnant. (The Times maintains a strict separation between news coverage and opinion
pieces.)......................................................................................................................................................
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Publications.....
The relevance of sexual orientation and gender identity in sport in Europe: findings
from The Outsport Survey. Outsport et al, May 2019 (40 pages)
More than 5,500 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people from all 28
EU countries completed the online survey created by the Institute of Sociology and GenderStudies of the German Sport University Cologne within the framework of the Erasmus +Outsport project. The age of the participants is between 16 and 78 years and 27 years on
average.
Some of the key results of the study are:x

Almost 90% consider homophobia and particularly transphobia in sport a current problem.

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20% refrain from participating in a sport of interest due to their sexual orientation and/or
gender identity. This is most frequently the case for trans people (54%) and refers
predominantly to football/soccer, dancing, swimming, and boxing.
x About one third of respondents who are active in sports have not reveled their sexual
orientation or gender identity respectively to anybody in the sporting environment. This
percentage is higher in Italy (41%) and Hungary (45%).
x 16% of respondents who are currently active in any sports have had at least one direct
negative personal experience in the last 12 months that was related to their sexual
orientation or gender identity. The share is higher among trans people – especially amongtrans women (46%).
x Of those with negative experiences, verbal insults (82%) and structural discrimination (i.e.
unequal opportunities) (75%) are the most common forms of homo-/transphobic incidents
that were indicated. Verbal threats (44%), e-bullying (40%), physically “crossing the line”(i.e. being shoved and/or pushed) (36%) and physical violence (20%) are also common
experiences.
x More than a third of respondents do not know an organisation or individual to contact ininstances of being discriminated against in a sports context.
x The three actions that are most often supposed by respondents to be helpful to tackle
homo-/transphobic discrimination in the field of sport: (a) famous sports stars coming out,(b) high profile anti-homophobia/transphobia campaigns and (c) diversity trainings.
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Guidelines on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep for children under 5
years of age. World Health Organization, [April] 2019 (36 pages)
The overall goals of these guidelines are to provide recommendations on the amount of timein a 24-hour day that young children, under 5 years of age, should spend being physically
active or sleeping for their health and wellbeing, and the maximum recommended time thesechildren should spend on screen-based sedentary activities or time restrained. By providing
this guidance, the recommendations fill a gap in the WHO recommendations on physicalactivity, as children under 5 years of age were not included in the Global recommendations on
physical activity for health in 2010 and will also contribute to the implementation of therecommendations of the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity and the Global Action
Plan on Physical Activity 2018-2030.
Download a copy

Journal of Physical Activity and Health: The Official Journal of the International Society
for Physical Activity and Health. Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2019
Editor - the abstracts from the articles in this current edition to be placed on their website are
now available.
View the abstracts

Specific countries
ARGENTINA
Inside the games reports (1 May 2019)
Argentine Olympic Committee holds year's first women in sport commission meeting
The Argentine Olympic Committee's (COA) women in sport commission has held its firstmeeting of the year.
It was led by COA vice president Alicia Masoni de Morea, COA general secretary Mario
Moccia and President Patricia Sangenis.

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Representatives from various national sports federations and associations were also in
attendance.
The commission's main objective is to create a similar women's group within each sport.
Boxing, water skiing, golf, karate, netball, taekwondo, yoga and tennis presented constitutions
for their new commissions.
"Today we present the new commissions for women in sport, which is a pride, a great job, andwe are going for more," said Sangenis.
"We want each sport to have its commission.
"So we are going to make this network grow, incorporate more members to our commission
and reach the whole country, not just Buenos Aires."......................................................................................................................................................
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AUSTRALIA
Sport Australia (30 April 2019)
Australia’s top 20 sports and physical activities revealed
Walking ranks No 1, but we still need to step up our activity levels.
Sport Australia CEO Kate Palmer says it’s encouraging to see a gradual increase in physicalactivity levels of Australians, but warns it will require much more improvement and long-term
behavioural change to combat Australia’s inactivity crisis.
Sport Australia has released the latest annual data from its AusPlay survey, Australia’s largest
and most comprehensive sport and physical activity survey launched in late-2015.
For the first time, AusPlay has revealed Australia’s top 20 sports and physical activities alongwith detailed ‘State of the Play’ reports on each. Recreational activities like walking,fitness/gym, swimming, running and cycling top the list, with football at number six the mostpopular organised sport for Australian participants.
The first three years of AusPlay has recorded an increase in the overall number of Australians
participating in sport and physical activity: 63.0 per cent of Australians interviewed in 2018
have participated in sport or physical activity at least three times per week compared to 59.9
per cent in 2016.
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Inside the games reports (2 May 2019)
Boyle to be awarded Order of Merit at Australian Olympic Committee AGM
Former sprinter Raelene Boyle is to be presented with the Order of Merit, the Australian
Olympic Committee's (AOC) highest honour, at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Sydney
on Saturday (May 4).
The three-time Olympic silver medallist is set to be honoured alongside International Olympic
Committee President Thomas Bach.
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Boyle, who is now 67, finished second in the 200 metres at the 1968 Olympic Games in
Mexico City.
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Inside the games reports (13 May 2019)
Netball Australia to provide high-performance support to Pacific netball teams
Netball Australia will be supporting the high-performance needs of the Pacific's top netballteams as they prepare for the 2019 Netball World Cup and Pacific Games.
They will work with the Australia Pacific Sports Linkages Programme to assist Netball Samoa
and Fiji Netball in their preparations for the World Cup in Liverpool, set to take place from July
12 to 21.
The Tonga Netball Association and Netball Papua New Guinea will receive support for the
Samoa 2019 Pacific Games, also being held in July.
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The New Daily (27 May 2019)
Teenage girls stop playing sport at 15, study shows
One in every two Australian girls are quitting sport by the age of 15, startling research on
teenage participation in sport has found.
While earlier this month women’s AFL was celebrating kicking goals for female participation
amid an explosion in women’s teams, a study released on Monday revealed there was still along way to go to increase the number of girls getting active.
Suncorp’s 2019 Australian Youth Confidence Report uncovered the once-invisible cut-off age
for teen girls playing sport: 15 to 17 years old.
Almost 50 per cent of females in their late teens were found to have moved away from theirfavourite sporting activities or “completely” stopped, compared to 30 per cent of the boys
surveyed.
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Women Sport Australia (30 May 2019)
Game-changing Tayla Harris AFLW photo wins Women in Sport Photo Action Award
The iconic photo of AFLW player Tayla Harris executing an airborne kick is the winner of theprofessional category in the inaugural Women in Sport Photo Action Awards - #WISPAA .
The photo taken by Victorian ALFW senior photographer Michael Willson, which became an
influential image for change after being denigrated by online trolls, was a standout andmemorable winner according to #WISPAA creator and judge Louise Evans.
“This image was chosen as the professional winner of the inaugural WISPAA Women in Sport
Photo Action Awards because it perfectly captures the essence of women in sport performingat the highest level," said Louise Evans, who is also the Communications Director for peak
advocacy body Women Sport Australia.
"It takes you into the mindset of AFLW player Tayla Harris and on a journey of skill,athleticism, power and determination. It captures that sweet moment in sport when everything
falls into place, when amid all the drama and noise an athlete executes the perfect play. It’s
beautiful, inspirational and a memorable winner.”......................................................................................................................................................
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CANADA
Ministry of Science and Sport, Canada (1 May 2019)
A First in Canada: Research Hub to Work Toward Gender Equity in All Levels of SportTo create an environment where girls and women feel comfortable engaging in sport at allages and all levels, we need to understand why they are discouraged from participating insport or move into the senior coaching, management or leadership ranks in sport.
The Government of Canada is taking concrete steps to achieve gender equity in sport andensure that girls and women have equal opportunities to follow their dreams and fulfil theirpotential.
Today, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, announced $2.6 million
in funding to design, create and implement a gender equity research hub to support appliedresearch in sport.
This Gender Equity in Sport Research Hub will:xxcollect relevant research and create a national database;design and build a centralized reporting and auditing tool for tracking participation of girls
and women in sport;xcollect and refine core program and policy indicators to monitor and evaluate policies andprograms addressing the participation of girls and women in sport; andx work with the Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC) to create communications tools
and resources to share findings.
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Safe Sport: Gender Equity Announcement
From: Canadian Heritage
Speech: Speaking Notes: The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science andSport, Canadian Government
Toronto Ontario, May 21, 2019 1:30 p.m.
Good afternoon everyone.
Thank you John [John Oliver, Member of Parliament for Oakville] for those kind words.
I would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional territory of the
Attawandaron, Anishnaabeg, and Haudenosaunee Peoples.
And a special thank you to the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre for hosting us today.
I love sport, I live for sport.
Sport provides so many benefits – better health, reduced stress, new connections, leadershipskills and life lessons, how to set goals and achieve them, how to overcome challenges andhow to work together.
Everyone deserves the opportunity to benefit from sport.
Since being appointed Minister of Sport, I’ve been working hard to ensure that women andgirls are welcome—and can thrive—in sport, from the playground to the podium.

17That is why we have put in place new measures to make sport safer and more inclusive.
It is important that we recognize just how much change we’re making by working together tocreate a systemic change in sport.
This past year we:xannounced tough new measures for federally-funded sport organizations and made it clear
we would withhold funding if they did not put in place these specific measures to foster
healthy and safe sport environments;
x signed the Red Deer Declaration in collaboration with the provinces and territories,
committing to the elimination of abuse, discrimination and harassment in sport;
x announced the creation of a third-party Investigation Unit through the established Sport
Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada;x launched the Canadian Sport Helpline;
x established a federal Gender Equity Secretariat and announced funding support to design,
create and implement a gender equity research hub;x announced the development of a model Code of Conduct for sport in Canada to end
abuse, discrimination and harassment in sport; andx announced $3 million in funding to the Canadian Association for the Advancement of
Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS) to increase participation of women andgirls in sport as athletes and leaders.
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EGYPT
Africa News (13 May 2019)
U.S. Women Soccer Stars Lead Coaching Workshop for Egyptian Players and Coaches
U.S. Women’s Soccer stars Linda Hamilton and Tiffany Marie Roberts will lead a coachingworkshop for female players and their coaches from the Egyptian women’s Premiere League
teams, May 12-16. Hamilton and Roberts are joined by retired U.S. Men’s soccer star Jeffery
Alan Agoos. The three Americans are visiting Egypt as part of the U.S. Department of State’sSports Envoys program, in partnership with the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
The workshop will focus on the important role coaches have in empowering young women on
and off the field, and will offer an opportunity for the American and Egyptian participants to
exchange ideas on the latest techniques in soccer coaching. To demonstrate and enhance
the coaching skills being taught at the workshops, the participating teams will play minimatches throughout the week and will conclude with a final tournament on May 16 at theGezira Youth Center.
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HUNGARY
Inside the games reports (7 May 2019)
Hungarian Olympic Committee President says increasing presence of women incoaching and sports leadership is "concrete goal"
A conference on the role of women in sport has been told by Krisztián Kulcsár, President of
the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB), that strengthening the presence of women incoaching and sports leadership is a "concrete goal" within his organisation.

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The event in the Centre for Hungarian Sport - jointly held by the Association of Hungarian
Coaches and the MOB's Women in Sport Committee - was told by the former world fencing
champion that the organisation gives major roles to all its committees.
"We have Board of Directors members responsible for liaison, working closely with thesecommittees - I oversee this task for the Women’s Committee, for example," he said.
"A concrete goal for the committee is to strengthen the presence of women in coaching andsports leadership, not only in the Hungarian Olympic Committee but in member committees
under our aegis."
Kulcsár cited the two women occupying the presidency of International Federations, namely
Kate Caithness of World Curliing and Marisol Casado of the International Triathlon Union.
He also cited Hungary’s Secretary of State for Sport, former Olympic swimming silver
medallist Tünde Szabó, who was in attendance, alongside World Rowing Federation Board
member Eva Szanto and leading media representative Ildikó Kolozsi.
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SOUTH AFRICA
Inside the games reports (13 May 2019)
Athletics South Africa to appeal Semenya testosterone rulingAthletics South Africa (ASA) will lodge an appeal against the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s(CAS) decision to rule in favour of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)
in its landmark legal case against Caster Semenya, it has been claimed.
The CAS decision means Semenya and other affected athletes will have to take medication to
reduce their testosterone if they want to continue running on the world stage at events
between 400 metres and a mile.
Semenya, a two-time Olympic and triple world champion over 800m, had been hoping toovercome the regulations.
The legal team of the 28-year-old had argued the testosterone in her body was naturally
occurring and so to ban her would be unfair.
A spokesman for Sport and Recreation South Africa, Vuyo Mhaga, told Agence FrancePresse (AFP) an appeal would be filed by the ASA at the Swiss Federal Tribunal.
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SPAIN
YO SÍ INCORPORO LA PERSPECTIVA DE GÉNERO EN LAS CIENCIAS DE LA
ACTIVIDAD FÍSICA Y DEL DEPORTE
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A brief description of the document in English:
A publication of the Official College of Professionals Of Physical Activity And Sport Of
Catalonia, whose authors are three professors of the INEFQ (degree studies of Physical
Activity and Sports Science of Catalonia). The publication is a Decalogue of how the gender
perspective can be included in the degree studies of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences.

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The Decalogue consists of the following points:
IMPLICATION IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE CENTERCURRICULUM OF THE SUBJECTS OF THE DEGREE AND MASTER'S DEGREE
TEACHING MATERIALS: VISUAL LANGUAGE
THE VERBAL AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE
FEMALE REFERENCES
THE METHOD OF WORK AND THE DYNAMICS OF THE GROUPCRITICISM AND PREVENTION BEFORE THE IDEALIZATION OF THE BODY
FINAL DEGREE PROJECT, MASTER'S FINAL PROJECT, PRACTICUMRESEARCH AND TRANSFER TO SOCIETY
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
GENDER COMMITMENTUNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Inside the games reports (2 May 2019)
UAE Higher Education Sports Federation aims to promote female participation in sport
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Higher Education Sports Federation (HESF) President Hamad
Karam Al Kaabi wants the organisation to highlight Emirati female role models to encourage
more women to participate in sport.
Al Kaabi spoke to International University Sport Federation (FISU) student ambassador Nouf
Al Katheeri about HESF's vision, goals and strategies.
Within this was a discussion about how the organisation encourages women to play sport.
As well as highlighting role models, HESF is set to carry out a study of female participation,
particularly looking at the hindrances women may encounter.
Al Kaabi claimed HESF had started organising regional championships for women and were
hoping to organise international ones as well.
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UK
Women in Sport (30 April 2019)
Reframing Sport for Teenage Girls: Building Strong Foundations for their Futures
New research released today from leading UK charity Women in Sport puts the spotlight onteenage girls and asks sports organisations to help in preventing girls from dropping out ofsport and physical activity in their teenage years.
As girls go through their teenage years, habits and attitudes are formed which have a critical
impact on their future engagement in sport and physical activity. Barriers to exercise createdat this age can end up inhibiting participation throughout their life, with girls missing out on thelifelong benefits of sport. Shockingly, studies have shown that teenage girls are significantly
less active than teenage boys, with only 10% of girls aged 13-16 meeting the recommended
daily guidelines of 60 minutes of physical activity per day (Sport England, 2018).
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Women in Sport launched this new approach to sport and physical activity at an event heldat the AKQA Farringdon offices in London today. The charity was joined by a panel of experts
to discuss the research, including Emily Matheson (Research Fellow at the Centre for
Appearance Research), Mel Bound (founder of the award winning This Mum Runs), Wendy

20Taylor (Development Manager at Girls Active) and Kate Dale (This Girl Can Digital Strategy
and Brand Manager), as well as social media influencer and plus-size model Sophia Tassew.
The ‘Reframing Sport for Teenage Girls’ report shares Women in Sport’s Eight Principles ofSuccess that were identified as key in developing initiatives that engage girls. The researchhighlights the need to reframe sport in the mind of girls as something that inspires andmotivates, redefine their experience as broader and better than previously, and reinforce theenjoyment of physical activity and sport and how it adds real value to their lives.
The Eight Principles of Successx No judgement – take the pressure off performance and give girls the freedom to playx Invoke excitement – bring a sense of adventure and discovery to sport
x Give purpose and value – reframe achievement as ‘moments of pride’ not just winningx Open their eyes – redefine sport as more than just PE at schoolx Build into existing habits – tap into behaviours in other spheres of girls’ lives
x Give girls a voice – allow girls the choice and control to feel empowered
x Champion what’s in it for them – sport is about more than just healthx Expand the image of what is ‘sporty’ – create relatable role models which inspire girls...................................................................................................................................................
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Reframing sport for teenage girls: Building strong foundations for their futures. Womenin Sport, April 2019 (29 pages)
Our latest insight puts the spotlight on the wider world of teenage girls. We have put them at
the heart of this research, through online ethnographic work, co-creation sessions anddiscussions, letting them lead our understanding. We also reviewed over 30 reports, sharedknowledge and developed thinking together with 25 other organisations both from inside andoutside the sports sector. This has helped us to start the journey of reframing how sport andphysical activity can have both relevance and appeal during this time.
Progress to get more girls physically active has been slow and women in sport want to be thedriving force to change the landscape for girls. Through this work we look to inspire others tothink differently about girls so that as a sector, we can work better together to address thechallenge of girls disengaging with sport. We believe that by reframing sport for girls, we canhelp them build strong foundations to become healthy, happy, active women of the future.
Download a copy
Note: We have created a Reframing Sport for Teenage Girls Toolkit here, to support
organisations in their understanding of teenage girls and to apply the 8 Principles of Successin practice.
Access infographics from the report here

Sported (2 May 2019)
Nicola Walker named new Sported CEO
Sport for Development charity Sported is delighted to announce the appointment of Nicola
Walker as its new Chief Executive. She takes over from Chris Grant who stepped down lastyear.
Walker brings a strong commercial focus having spent most of her career in the developmentof consumer-driven products and services. Prior to joining Sported, Walker was Chief
Commercial Officer at data-tech company InfoSum and was previously VP of Global Product21

Strategy at coalition loyalty company Aimia. She was a founding director of Nectar and has
held senior operational roles developing Tesco Clubcard and Avios.
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Inside the games reports (3 May 2019)
UKAD's Hudson appointed director of education at World Anti-Doping Agency
Britain's Amanda Hudson has been appointed director of education at the World Anti-Doping
Agency (WADA).
Hudson joins the global anti-doping watchdog from UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), where she ishead of education and athlete support.
WADA said she would begin her new position on August 5.
Hudson, who has been involved with UKAD since 2010, will be tasked with leading the"development and implementation of WADA’s education strategy, programmes and activities",
according to WADA.
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UK Sport (7 May 2019)
Sally Munday appointed new Chief Executive of UK Sport
Sally Munday MBE has today (Tuesday 7 May 2019) been appointed as the new Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of UK Sport, the nation’s high-performance sports agency. Sally joinsfrom England and GB Hockey where she has been CEO for the past 10 years.
Sally has overseen a golden era for the sport of hockey, with highlights including the Team GB
women securing their first ever Olympic title at the Rio 2016 Games, the men’s team finishingin fourth place at London 2012, their best Olympic Games finish in a quarter of a century, thesuccessful hosting of the Women’s Hockey World Cup in London in 2018 and a huge increasein participation in the sport since London 2012.
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Women in Sport
Deaf Awareness Week - 6 - 12 May
Women in Sport has teamed up with UK Deaf Sport to celebrate Deaf Awareness Week from
6 to 12 May.
We’ll be sharing case studies from some of the sporting role models who are doing great workin their communities.
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Women in Sport - E-Newsletter, May 2019 - available to view

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University of Bath (13 May 2019)
Rethinking girls' experiences of physical activity
Zoe Jeffery, PA to Professor Steve Egan and PhD student, is investigating how young girls
can change their physical education experiences.
Zoe is a PhD student in the Departments for Health and Computer Science, and is running a
crowdfunding campaign to empower and help young girls to lead active and healthy lifestyles.
Her research focuses on health inequity, particularly in terms of gender, and the barriers thatgirls face when learning to become active.
There is a significant gender gap in physical activity participation with boys tending toparticipate regularly in sports inside and outside of school, more so than girls. The project will
explore girls' subjective experience of being active at school and will focus on the PE kit as abarrier and contributor of negative body perceptions. Investigations into alternative ways toengage girls in a school physical education class will be conducted using collaborative design
methods and virtual reality gaming technology.
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University College London (22 May 2019)
Testosterone levels an “arbitrary” criteria for ruling on sport fairness
Dr Gerard Conway (UCL Institute for Women’s Health) explains why athletes’ levels of thehormone testosterone have become the standard marker that sport governing bodies use todecide who can and cannot compete in different events.
Listen: BBC R4, 'Inside Science Shorts'
Source of information

Publications of interest......
Changing Lives: the social impact of participation in culture and sport. House ofCommons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, May 2019 (62 pages)
The Report finds evidence that:xxxx

Reoffending rates can be reduced through access to sport or cultural programmes
Involvement in the arts and sports provides a constructive influence on young people withpositive role models
Despite a link between sporting participation and educational attainment, sport ‘dropping
off’ the agenda within education
Arts subjects downgraded in schools

The social impact of participation in culture and sport inquiry focussed on specific evidence intackling long-standing social problems. MPs support calls for sport to be given a higher profile
across all government departments to maximise social impact.
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View the news item on release of the report (14 May 2019)

Sport for life: A vision for sport in Scotland. sportscotland, May 2019 (16 pages)
Our vision is for an active Scotland where everyone benefits from sport. In an active Scotland
we will all find ways to be physically active every day. Keeping moving at home and at work.
Taking an active approach to getting around. Choosing to be active in our leisure time. Moreof us will take part in sport because we see it being relevant to our lives. Being involved in23

ways that suit us. Meeting fewer barriers. Feeling more included. We will all experience moreof the benefits of sport. For some of us, by taking part.
For others, through our communities.
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Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet 2019. NHS Digital, 8 May 2019
Part 5: Physical activity
Adult physical activity
Walking and cycling activity
Childhood physical activity
View all the data on-line

USA
Beyond Sport reports (10 May 2019)
USWNT Players’ Association & Everfi launch the “Compassion Project”
The U.S. Women’s National Team Players Association (USWNTPA) and social impact
education innovator EVERFI this week joined the students of Santee Elementary School in
San Jose, California to launch The Compassion Project for the 2019-2020 school year.
An online course for elementary school students, The Compassion Project introduces thebasics of compassion education to build student’s confidence, mastery and excitement aroundcompassion and related social and emotional topics. This new initiative will be free for schools
in select markets as part of an initial Fall 2019 launch phase.
The USWNTPA believes in advancing skills that lead to good character both on and off the
field. Whether standing up for diversity, women’s rights, LGBTQ issues or equal pay, theplayers have a track record of being socially aware and active in the community.
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Inside the games reports (19 May 2019)
USA Powerlifting vote to keep ban on female transgender athletes
USA Powerlifting has rejected a proposal to lift its ban on female transgender athletes.
A motion brought forward by the Pull for Pride group and the Women's Strength Coalition was
defeated by 46 votes to four, with one abstention.
Despite the defeat, Pull for Pride said its battle for trans-inclusion "was not over".
They also accused USA Powerlifting of a "gross misunderstanding of transgender people,
healthcare and wellbeing".
"The proposal would have repealed the current ban and replaced it with a trans inclusive andaffirming policy, allowing trans athletes to compete consistent with their gender identity," Pull
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The group further alleged that USA Powerlifting "dead-named" – the art of referring tosomeone by a pre-transition name – powerlifter Mary Gregory.
Gregory was reportedly stripped of trophies by the 100 Per Cent Raw Powerlifting Federationand described as "actually a male" after a urine test was observed.
USA Powerlifting has claimed its rules are in place to ensure a level playing field.
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