IAPESGW International Update, July 2017: News and resourcesfrom around the world
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International Update Editorial from Janice Crosswhite

Janice Crosswhite氏からの国際的な最新情報

Firstly I should introduce myself as the Communications Director for IAPESGW 2017-2021.
So far, working with Jenny Warner, we have developed a new banner heading for theInternational Update and encouraged our members and National Representatives to send
through, on a regular basis, news and research from their part of the world. We are trying tobroaden our breadth of news and appeal to our readers.
Your feedback is appreciated at: crosswhite@bigpond.com
This edition is jam-packed, starting with Wimbledon news and finishing with our first photos
and news from Iran.

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Last month Wimbledon women’s singles was won by Garbine Muguruza, (Venezuelan –Spanish) defeating Venus Williams (USA) but as much media coverage went to Andy Murray
who corrected a reporter’s “casual sexism” comment. Good on you Andy Murray!
Read the Beyond Sports Awards and you will see that many women have won theseprestigious awards – a highlight being the Muslim basketballer Bilqis Abdul Qaadir who
successfully advocated for headgear for women and in May this year FIBA overturned theirhijab ban.
We have included two reports on MINEPS VI. In May over 500 participants and 116 Ministersof Sport met in Kazan to agree on future physical education and sport policies and strategies.
IAPESGW contributed to the pre-conference working documents through our President.
The IAAF’s latest research on hyperandrogenism and transgender athletes is a breakthroughas it shows that female athletes with high levels of naturally occurring testosterone receive asignificant performance advantage. We will watch for further developments in this area.
There are articles on research, dancing, fitness, Active Parks, coaching, publications andmore, with reports from Austria to the USA and many countries in between.
I hope you have had a good weekend. I started on Friday night by attending the launch of
Women Sport Australia’s mentoring program for 2017 and today, Sunday, attended a school
reunion for a class of 35 girls I taught physical education and sport 50 years ago.
My message is to stay connected and to keep up your contacts! It is heartwarming to lookback and see the success and growth of things you started and once was heavily involved in.
Happy reading!
Janice Crosswhite OAM
Last month we asked members - What should we call our monthly news bulletin?
After some careful thought we decided to make a slight change to the news bulletin's title,
adding 'International,' and make a real change to 'banner header' design.
We hope you like the 'refreshed' look.
The latest list:
IAPESGW National Representatives 2017 - 2021 - view the latest list (July 2017)

学会報告

Congress report
Our President, Rosa López de D’Amico, has produced a report on the 18th Congress; weare now sharing this with members - view the report on our website.

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国際情報Guardian報告（2017年7月3日）
ウインブルドンの事務局は、センターコートとNo 1コートのスケジュー
ルでは女性よりも男性の試合が考慮されていることを批判しました。

The Guardian reports (3 July 2017)
Wimbledon organisers criticised over male bias on top two show courts
Centre and No 1 court schedules in last two championships featured more male matches
than female.
The prize money may be equal at £2.2m each for the king and queen of Wimbledon. But thetennis championships, which open on Monday, are still serving up sex discrimination on its
top two show courts, it has been claimed.
An analysis of matches scheduled on Centre and No 1 courts during the last two
championships demonstrated a gender bias overwhelmingly in favour of male players.
Tennis fan Mark Leyland, said the All England Club employed a 4:2 formula – two men’smatches and one women’s match on each of the two courts – despite complaints. “None ofthe other grand slam tournaments do this,” he said, citing the US and Frenchchampionships’ top court schedules as roughly gender equal.
The novelist and campaigner has already taken the BBC to task over gender bias afterrecording the entirety of their coverage on BBC1, BBC2 and its red button service, to provethat 76% of airtime during the 2015 championships went to the men’s game. On one day it
was 93%.

The BBC’s governing body, which examined his complaint, subsequently reported finding a“startling disparity” in the number of men’s and women’s games broadcast. In 2016 thebroadcaster achieved more equal coverage, with 37 men’s matches covered compared to 25
women’s, said Leyland. He said he would be monitoring again this year to ensure thecorporation’s “unbiased coverage continues”.
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国際アスリート合同連盟（2017年7月3日）
女性スポーツの競技場のレベル向上：the British Journal of Sports
Medicineにおいて新たな研究報告がなされました。

International Association of Athletics Federation (3 July 2017)
Levelling the playing field in female sport: new research published in the British
Journal of Sports Medicine
New research has been published today in support of the International Association of
Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) currently suspended Hyperandrogenism Regulations.
On 27 July 2015 in a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) case between the Indian athlete
Dutee Chand and the Athletics Federation of India and the IAAF, the CAS made an interim
decision to suspend the IAAF’s Hyperandrogenism Regulations for a period of two years, inorder to provide the IAAF with an opportunity to submit further evidence as to the degree of
performance advantage that hyperandrogenic female athletes have over athletes withnormal testosterone levels.
The article published today, “Serum androgen levels and their relation to performance intrack and field: mass spectrometry results from 2127 observations in male and female elite
athletes”, is part of the evidence that the IAAF is preparing for its return to CAS. The authors,
Drs Stéphane Bermon and Pierre-Yves Garnier, submitted the study for scientific peer
review, and the article and related research has now been published in the British Journal ofSports Medicine.

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Dr Bermon, who has been a member of the IAAF and IOC working groups on
hyperandrogenic female athletes and transgender athletes, jointly headed the study with Dr
Pierre-Yves Garnier, Director of the IAAF Health and Science Department.
Funded by the IAAF and the World Anti-Doping Agency, the study describes andcharacterises serum androgen levels and studies their possible influence on athletic
performance in both male and female elite athletes.
The study analysed 2127 mass spectrometry-measured serum androgen concentrations
obtained from elite athletes participating in the 2011 and 2013 IAAF World Championships.
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Also read.....

イギリス、Guardianの報告（2017年7月3日）
Caster Semenya氏はこれからのオリンピックに向けてホルモンセラピーの取り組みを押し進めるかもしれない。

The Guardian, UK reports (3 July 2017)
Caster Semenya could be forced to undertake hormone therapy for future Olympics
Study shows performance-boosting effects of testosterone in female athletes, reopening
controversial debate about intersex and hyperandrogenous competitors
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Using testosterone to categorise male and female athletes isn’t perfect, but it’s the bestsolution we have

Caster Semenya, the Olympic 800m champion, may be banned from competing at futureGames unless she undergoes hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or even surgery in thewake of a landmark study into athletes with raised testosterone levels which has just been
published.
The International Association of Athletics Federations, the world governing body,commissioned research which has produced the most conclusive evidence yet that female
athletes with very high levels of naturally occurring testosterone receive significant
performance-enhancing benefits in competition.
An important new study could lead to the reinstatement of rules imposing a maximum levelof male sex hormones in athletes competing as female
It comes only weeks before the IAAF is set to challenge a ruling by the court of arbitration for
sport which, since 2015, has prevented it from restricting permitted levels of testosterone
among female competitors.
The new study will not stop Semenya and other hyperandrogenic athletes, such as the
Indian sprinter Dutee Chand, from competing at the world championships in London in
August but it could have a significant impact on the Cas hearing later this month.
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ESPN W（2017年7月5日）
なぜ誰も女性の脳しんとうをケアしてないように思えるのか？

ESPN W (5 July 2017)
Why does it seem like nobody cares about female concussions?
EVERY FOUR YEARS or so, some of the world's most prominent scientists gather tosynthesize and summarize the latest in brain-injury research. Since first meeting in 2001, theassemblage, called the Concussion in Sport Group, has grown in size and influence.
Doctors, athletic trainers and media types around the world take their cues from the4

recommendations it publishes and from the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT) it
has developed. When members gathered in Berlin last October, Jiri Dvorak, then FIFA's
chief medical officer, said they worked on behalf of some 1 billion professional and amateur
athletes. For that 2016 symposium, around 400 medical and sports professionals met in theGrand Ballroom of the Ritz-Carlton hotel, with art nouveau stylings that hark back to the days
before the world wars and trappings so posh that guests enjoy breakfast honey harvested
from a rooftop beehive. Over two days, a stone's throw from where the Berlin Wall used tostand, the leading lights of the sports neuro-establishment made clear their role asgatekeepers of concussion research. Organizers closed the conclave to the media andswatted audience members off social media.
There was another group almost entirely shut out of the 5th International Consensus
Conference on Concussion in Sport: female athletes.
Of the dozen sessions at the conference, not one was dedicated to sex or gender.
Researchers made 24 oral presentations during the meetings; one focused on female
athletes. Among the 202 research abstracts, nine, or less than 5 percent, studied women
specifically. "Gender hasn't been a hot, hot topic," says one member of the Concussion inSport Group.
Hot or not, the facts the conference could have displayed are shocking. Women suffer moreconcussions than men in the sports that both play, with an injury rate 50 percent higher,
according to the most recent research. Female athletes with brain trauma tend to suffer
different symptoms, take longer to recover and hold back information about their injuries fordifferent reasons than males. Anyone involved in sports should have a grasp of these key
facts. Yet the leading national and international guidelines for understanding sports
concussions and returning injured athletes to play ignore key differences in how women andmen experience brain injuries.
Here's what's even more stunning: All of that information was public knowledge eight years
ago, when ESPN The Magazine first looked at the subject of concussions and female
athletes ("Heading for Trouble," March 23, 2009)-and all of it is still true. The latest studies
continue to find that women get brain injuries more often in sports also played by men. But
research into why and how is lagging to nonexistent, as are efforts to reverse the trend.
Which means millions of female athletes are putting their brains at risk unnecessarily.
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試合報告（2017年7月10日）
世界のスポーツ大臣は多様性と統合、持続可能性について議論します。

Play the Game reports (10 July 2017)
World's Ministers of Sport meet to discuss inclusion, integrity and sustainability
Sports ministers and stakeholders from 116 countries meet in Kazan this week to agree on a
concise action plan for developing sports strategies.
There is a long way from the prestigious Korston Hotel in Kazan, the capital of the Russian
republic of Tatarstan, to the Indian teenage girl whose parents prohibit her to play cricket,
the Argentine goalkeeper who let the ball pass in order to pay his debt to gangsters, or the
Nepalese maid in Abu Dhabi who will never be given the opportunity to enter the local gym.
Nevertheless, these people and many more deprived of the right to play, physical educationand sport will be on the agenda when UNESCO gathers ministers, leading government
officials and stakeholders in sport from 116 countries from 13-15 July in Kazan.

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The official name of the gathering is “The sixth International Conference of Ministers andSenior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport, MINEPS VI”. Whether thedelegates will be able to improve the situation for those in need, is yet to be seen, but theambitions are higher than at previous meetings and reflect a growing engagement fromgovernments in the area of sport.
The conference’s main purpose is to assess the global developments in sport and guide
governments and policy makers in how to make effective policies in the areas of physicaleducation and sport.
Among the expected outputs of the meeting in Kazan is an ‘Action Plan’ outlining how tofollow up on the Berlin Declaration from the MINEPS V meeting held in Berlin in 2013 and on
the revised International Charter of Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sport. Boththese documents are integrated with the UN Agenda 2030/Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs).
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The Kazan Action Plan also sets out five concrete actions in the field of sport ethics,
inclusion and sustainability, which the member states will commit to by adopting the
document:x

Elaborate an advocacy tool presenting evidence-based arguments for investments inphysical education, physical activity and sport.
x Develop common indicators for measuring the contribution of physical education,
physical activity and sport to prioritized SDGs and targets.
x Unify and further develop international standards supporting sport ministers’interventions in the field of sport integrity (in correlation with the International Convention
against Doping in Sport).
x Conduct a feasibility study on the establishment of a Global Observatory for
Women, Sport, Physical Education and Physical Activity.
x Develop a clearinghouse for sharing information according to the sport policy follow-up
framework developed for MINEPS VI.
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会談（2017年7月10日）

The Conversation (10 July 2017)
身体的なリハビリテーションをよくするダンス
Dancing toward better physical rehabilitation
To dance is human; people of all ages and levels of motor ability express movements in
response to music. Professional dancers exert a great deal of creativity and energy toward
developing their skills and different styles of dance. How dancers move in beautiful andsometimes unexpected ways can delight, and the synchrony between dancers moving
together can be entrancing.
To us as a neuroscientist and biomechanist (Lena), and a rehabilitation scientist and dancer(Madeleine), understanding the complexities of motor skill in a ballet move, or the physicallanguage of coordination in partner dance, is an inspiring and daunting challenge.
Understanding how dancers move has important real-world implications, too. In our work,
we’re studying gait and balance in different populations, as well as how holding hands –such as in partner dance – can actually help people walk and balance better. The ultimate
goal is to help better design and prescribe rehabilitation to those with reduced mobility, as
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develop robots that can physically interact with people to help with both motor assistanceand motor learning.
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Inside the gamesの報告（2017年7月10日）
Hooper氏は国際ネットボール連合委員会の学会にガボローネを選びました。

Inside the games reports (10 July 2017)
Hooper elected to International Netball Federation Board at Congress in Gaborone
New Zealand's Shirley Hooper has been elected as a further director of the International
Netball Federation (INF) at the organisation's Congress in Gaborone in Botswana.
Hooper replaces Octavia Gibson, who served in the role for two years and as the INF
Americas regional director for eight.

Vice-president Sue Taylor also secured a further four-year term at the Congress, which took
place prior to the start of the Netball World Youth Cup in the capital city.
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sportanddev.org（2017年7月11日）
最近のUNOSDP（開発と平和のためのスポーツ局）撤退への批判

sportanddev.org (11 July 2017)
Dropping the ball - Critiquing the recent closure of the UNOSDP
To what extent does the IOC-UN partnership signal a shift in the sport and development
sector?
The recent closure of the UNOSDP office has raised much debate in the sport fordevelopment and peace (SDP) field. Certain critics have argued this is damaging for thefield, a step back in many ways, while others feel the new IOC-UN partnership will be moresustainable. Whatever your disposition, it seems the decision not to replace Mr Lemke andsustain the post took most people in the sector by surprise.
However, while there is no doubt that the IOC being more centrally involved in SDP is agood thing, there are many valid concerns around the new arrangement. Firstly the moveseems to have happened suddenly or with little consultation among a range of stakeholders.
Secondly, the IOC seems centrally concerned with elite, organised, competitive, commercial
forms of sport. Yes, it does have an emphasis on Olympism and those values, but it can beargued that mega-events such as the Olympics do not always serve the needs ofdevelopment, which lie at the heart of the SDP movement. In fact, some research shows
mega-events may exacerbate existing inequalities.
Furthermore, the IOC has oversight of sport federations and not governments, thus
commanding far less influence over the public sector than a UN body. The IOC isentrenched in the world of sport while the UN has greater links to other sectors. It has also
become abundantly clear that many federations do not exhibit high standards of governanceor accountability (think of the corruption scandals that have engulfed a number of them over
the years) and this may again subvert development goals.
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Not promoting this commercial training programme merely making you aware of anotherexercise initiative.....
sportanddev.org（2017年7月12日）
権利拡大はどこにあるか：動きを介して身体を受け入れる。

sportanddev.org (12 July 2017)
Where empowerment lives: Finding body acceptance through movement
How can a unique fitness programme empower women? Alice Bracegirdle, CEO and cofounder of Bellyfit, explains.
A mix of yoga, belly dance and fitness, with a healthy dose of body positivity, Bellyfit is an
exercise programme that provides “mindful workouts for the modern woman”, as Alice
Bracegirdle explains:"Essentially it’s a great physical workout, but I think a lot of women are waking up to the fact
now that we can’t just care for our physical bodies,” she says. “We need to care for our
entire being, and that’s what Bellyfit classes are intended to do.”
The programme’s origins help explain why it resonates with women worldwide. “It was
created out of a need that I had personally for myself. I was a single mom on welfare,dealing with some really hard times in my life.”................................................................................................................................................
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The search tool does produce a list 'active parks' near to you...I tried it....
SIRC, カナダ（2017年7月12日）

SIRC, Canada (12 July 2017) 活性な公園、活発な人々？
Active Parks, Active People?
One of the top recommended strategies to increase physical activity is to increase publicaccess to places where people can engage in physical activity. Installing free outdoor fitness
equipment to create “active parks” is one way some cities have targeted increasing
opportunities for adults and seniors to get fit. While there are many benefits to active parksor outdoor gyms, making the most of them involves more than just installation of theequipment – especially in smaller cities.
Active parks have long been popular in Europe and Asia and the trend has expanded acrossthe world. (Find a park near you!) They include things like pull-up bars, ellipticals, lat
pulldown machines, leg press machines, balance beams, and more. In large cities,
introducing outdoor fitness equipment can increase the popularity of the park, as well as thelevels of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity among adults.
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Excellent that the men's world No 1 tennis player corrects this journalist....
The Advertiser (13 July 2017)
Andy Murray corrects reporter’s ‘casual sexism’
ANDY Murray interrupted a reporter’s question to make an important distinction during his
post-match news conference at Wimbledon.
Murray had just lost to Sam Querrey in the quarterfinals at the All England Club, and thequestion started by referring to Querrey as the “first US player” to reach a major semi-final
since 2009.
The Advertiser（2017年7月13日）
Andy Murray氏はレポーターの「思いがけない性差別主義」の質問を正しました。

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“Male player,” Murray pointed out.
“I beg your pardon,” the reporter responded.
“Male player,” Murray repeated.
Querrey is indeed the first American man to make it to the semi-finals at a Grand Slam
tournament since Andy Roddick reached the Wimbledon final eight years ago. Serena
Williams alone has won more than 10 major titles since 2009.
And then there’s her sister Venus, a Wimbledon semi-finalist last year and this year, forexample, not to mention a finalist at the Australian Open in January.
And that’s just the Williams sisters. CoCo Vandeweghe, Madison Keys and Sloane Stephens
also have reached major semi-finals since Roddick’s run.
Judy Murray, Andy’s mother and a tennis coach, tweeted a quote of the exchange with thecomment: “That’s my boy.” It was accompanied by a heart emoji.
Source of information
Women's Sport Trust, UK（2017年7月16日）

Women's Sport Trust, UK (16 July 2017)
Billie Jean King氏は男女平等について話しました。
Billie Jean King talking gender equality
A three-minute, crystal clear argument for gender equality – beautifully distilled by tennis
legend and campaigner Billie Jean King.
Bille Jean was speaking to the BBC’s Karthi Gnanasegaram at Wimbledon on the launch
day of the Blue Plaque Rebellion campaign.
Access the recording

ユネスコ（2017年7月19日）
スポーツと体育に関する閣僚会議で、全ての人に安全で持続可能なス
ポーツを促進するグローバルアクションプランが承認されました。

UNESCO (19 July 2017)
Ministerial Conference for Sport and Physical Education adopts global action plan topromote safe, sustainable sports for all
More than 50 sport ministers and senior officials representing 115 countries agreed on
actions to provide universal access to sports and physical activity to women and men of allages during the Sixth International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible
for Physical Education and Sport, MINEPS VI (Kazan, Russian Federation, 13 to 15 July).
Over 500 participants at MINEPS VI determined that the time for action had come as they
adopted the Kazan Action Plan, which tackles three priorities: universal access, maximizing
the contribution of sport to sustainable development and peace, and protecting the integrityof sport (emphasizing safety of practitioners and governance of sports organizations andcompetitions).
During MINEPS VI the representatives of China, France, Japan and the Russian Federation
made a public pledge to support the international implementation of the action plan.
“Over the past two days we have, I believe, achieved a true breakthrough in international
sport policy development," said Nada Al-Nashif, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for
Social and Human Sciences in her closing remarks at the conference. "Such consensus
concerning the comprehensive Kazan Action Plan is a strong message to government
decision-makers that we must celebrate.”

9As countries work to achieve the 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals, theKazan Action Plan, reaffirms the need to align sport policy development with the overarchingframework of the SDGs.
Source of information
Also, visit the MINEPS VI, Kazan, Russian Federation, 13 to 15 July official website
ヨーロッパのスポーツ（2017年7月20日）
ジェンダーの観点から見たコーチの教育構想の計画と分析

EU - Sport (20 July 2017)
Mapping and analysis of education schemes for coaches from a gender perspective
When discussing gender equality in sport, coaching is always one of the key issues, as
statistics show an underrepresentation of women coaches in many disciplines, especially at
the highest levels.
The European Commission commissioned this particular study to evaluate existing (formal
and non-formal) training and education schemes for coaches in view of their gender equality
elements, to evaluate their modules on gender equality and to identify good practices withregards to accessibility for women. This mapping followed specific Expert Group on Good
Governance recommendations on Gender Equality in Sport and was very timely in thecontext of the Estonian Presidency's focus on the role of coaches in society.
The study looked at:
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Accessibility for women (i.e. flexible timetabling, childcare support)
Specific modules on gender equality
Progression i.e. towards high performance coaching
Mentoring schemes
Role models i.e. experienced women coaches
Marketing (use of gender equality imagery in advertising etc. )Scholarships

In particular, it identified:
x 36 coaching education programmes with a gender dimension across 13 countries
x Women-only programmes as the most common approach
x Limited examples of accessible education activities for women (e.g. more flexible
timetabling / childcare)x Limited examples of programmes with modules on gender equality
The case studies suggest that women-only courses have worked well where the numbers of
women coaches are starting from a low base and particularly where the confidence of women
to take up coaching has been influenced by the perception that coaching is a male–dominatedprofession. However some federations prefer a quota-based approach, whereby women takepart in mixed programmes.
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Mapping and analysis of education schemes for coaches from a gender perspective: A
report to the European Commission . Ecorys for the European Commission, July 2017(59 pages)
Ecorys, Professor Gertrud Ursula Pfister and Dr Leanne Norman were commissioned by DG
EAC of the European Commission in April 2017 to undertake a mapping and analysis study10focusing on sports coaching education schemes from a gender perspective. The outcomes will
feed into the follow-up of the recommendations of the Expert Group on Good Governance (insport)1 and into the work of the Estonian presidency of the Council in 2017.
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Inside the game報告（2017年7月23日）
女子50km競歩が2017年IAAF世界チャンピオンシップのスケジュールとして男女平等に認められました。
Inside the games reports (23 July 2017)

Women's 50km race walk added to 2017 IAAF World Championships schedule as partof gender parity
A women’s 50 kilometres race walk event will feature for the first time at an International
Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships when this year's edition
takes place here next month, it was announced today.
It was previously the case that women only competed in a 20km race walk at the event andthe Olympic Games, while men competed over the same distance and in a 50km event.
The women's 50km race walk was recognised as an official event by the IAAF in January
2017.
Its addition brings the number of medal events at the 2017 World Championships, due to takeplace from August 4 to 13, to 48.
Scheduled to start at the same time as the men’s event on the final day of the Championships,
the women’s 50km race walk will have separate results and prize money.
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Inside the game報告（2017年7月24日）
国際ラクロス連合は4人を開発賞として称えました。

Inside the games reports (24 July 2017)Federation of International Lacrosse honour quartet with development awards
New Zealand's Jess Evans and Chinese Taipei's Sarah Lin are among four players who havereceived Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) Development Awards.
Scott Neiss of Israel and Wales' Storm Trentham also received awards, which were presented
on the pitch at half-time of the Women's Lacrosse World Cup gold medal match in Guildford.
The awards are given annually to those who have made outstanding efforts in promoting the
sport of lacrosse around the world.
Evans received the prize for her efforts to develop female lacrosse players in New Zealand,
despite an ongoing shortage of coaches, umpires and volunteers.
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Excellent successes for women's projects at the awards this year....
Beyond Sport（2017年7月27日）
Beyond Sport Global Awardsが世界のトップの勝者に送られました。
Beyond Sport (27 July 2017)
Beyond Sport Global Awards Winners on top of the world
Last night grassroots organizations, brands, sports teams, leagues and athletes gathered at
the One World Observatory at the apex of the One World Trade Centre to celebrate thecourageous, creative and impactful work being done around the world using sport to promote
and achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s).

From 250 entries spanning 70 countries, 37 organizations made the shortlist for the ninth
annual Beyond Sport Awards with the 13 outstanding winners all epitomizing how sport canhelp tackle some of the most pressing social issues in the world today....................................

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Alive and Kicking walked away with the Sport for Quality Education and Employment
Award for their innovative work in Ghana, Kenya and Gambia...............................................
Girl Determined were recognized for their Colorful Girls Volleyball Circles, collecting theSport for Equality Award. Their Myanmar-based program..............................................
Hajar Abulfazl received the Courageous Use of Sport Award,.................. Abulfazl’s
advocacy work spans female sports empowerment................................................................
Global Impact of the Year went to Women Win....................................................................
This year’s Leadership in Sport Award recognized the impact of someone taking a stance.
Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir..................................................................................................................
Other winners included Everton in the Community whose Imagine Your Goals program
picked up the Sport for Health and Well-being Award. The Sport for Peace and Social
Justice went to Mi Vida es un Diamante (My Life is a Diamond) – Grupo Internacional dePaz (Colombia and Mexico).
Best Partnership or Collaboration went to National Alliance of Sport for the Desistanceof Crime (NASDC) – 2nd Chance Group (Global/UK), whilst Soccer in the Streets pickedup the Sport for Innovation and Tech Award for their Station Soccer initiative in Atlanta,
Georgia.
The MLSE Foundation walked away with the Sport for Sustainable Cities andCommunities Award for Regents Park Athletic Grounds in Toronto, Canada. Sacramento
Kings took home the Sport for Climate Action Award for the Golden 1 Center (USA) andChild Fund Australia received the UNICEF Safeguarding Children in Sport Award for their
Pass It Back initiative in Laos, the Philippines and Vietnam.
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第8回 IWG Catalyst Newsletter
今回の国際ワーキンググループの女子スポーツニュースレター：

8th IWG Catalyst NewsletterIn this edition of the International Working Group on Women in Sport's newsletter:
7th IWG World Conference on Women and Sport 第7回 IWG 女性とスポーツの国際学会は2018年5月17-20日にボツワナのガボローネで開催されます。
17-20 May 2018, Gaborone, Botswana
We encourage and call on all to now visit our website: www.iwg-gti.org to register for the
conference and also appreciate the various participation options available. These including theopportunity to submit abstracts and present, to host side meetings during the conference andalso to exhibit at the conference.
IAPESGW 18th Congress news item - including details of the International LeadershipAward to IWG Co-Chairperson Dr Carole Oglesby.
View the newsletter
Journal of Physical Activity and Health: The Official Journal of the International
Society for Physical Activity and Health. Volume 14, Issue 8, August 2017
Editor - the abstracts from the articles in this current edition to be placed on their website are
now available.
View the abstracts
And the July issue can be view here12

Of interest.... the listed outcomes are very topical across the world
Pacific Women
Pacific Women Roadmap
Pacific Women has developed a Roadmap to guide its future investments at the regional andmulti-country level. At the bilateral level, Pacific Women investments are guided by country
plans, which have been developed in close consultation with local women and men, civilsociety organisations and national governments.
The newly developed Roadmap will:xHighlight strategic regional and multi-country mechanisms and interventions that can help
eliminate harmful social norms and accelerate the achievement of gender equality;
x Identify priority action areas of work for Pacific Women;
x Provide guidance on maintaining and expanding partnerships in the region; andx Identify selection criteria for new regional and multi-country investments.
The overarching Roadmap is based on three Synthesis Reports, which delved deeper into
Pacific Women’s first three intended outcomes: i) leadership and decision making, ii) women’s
economic empowerment, and iii) ending violence against women.
The Synthesis Reports and the Roadmap were developed through a combination of literature
review, stakeholder consultations, and in-depth analysis, and supplement the foundational
Pacific Women Design Document. The documents have already begun to guide Pacific
Women’s work, with the Pacific Women Support Unit now convening a quarterly roundtable on
women’s economic empowerment to follow up on relevant recommendations.
Read in full:
Pacific Women Roadmap
Women in Leadership Synthesis Report
Women’s Economic Empowerment Synthesis Report
Ending Violence Against Women Synthesis Report
For further information, please contact the Pacific Women Support Unit:
info@pacificwomen.org
Source of information
The Pacific Community
70 Inspiring Pacific Women
Starting Monday 24th July, each day for 70 days a new profile of an inspiring Pacific woman
will be published to mark SPC’s 70th anniversary, and to lead up to the 13th Triennial
Conference of Pacific Women and 6th Meeting of Ministers for Women in Suva (Fiji) from 2nd
to 5th October 2017.
View the details

Publications....

出版物
第一回身体活動年鑑。身体活動に関する国際的な展望

1st Physical Activity Almanac. Global Observatory for Physical Activity - GOPA,[2017?] (402 pages)
The full collection of report country cards that are currently available all in one document.
Access the publication

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Note: Individual report country cards can be accessed on the GOPA website - view here
みなさんが興味ありそうなこと

未検討課題：障害をもつ女性のインクルーシブ教育の道筋。Leonard

Of interest to some people.... Cheshire Disability（2017年7月）

Still left behind: Pathways to inclusive education for girls with disabilities. Leonard
Cheshire Disability, July 2017 (56 pages)
Girls with disabilities are among the world’s most marginalised groups of society, resulting
from social norms and cultural bias around gender and disability. Those agencies committed
to gender equity in education overlook the specific situation of and added barriers faced bygirls and women with disabilities, and those who are committed to disability inclusion andequity fail to apply a gender perspective. As a result, girls with disabilities have limited
educational opportunities.
The aim of this research was to provide a synthesis of the understanding of barriers to
education for girls with disabilities and bring together evidence of effective or promisingprogramme approaches that address these barriers.
Download a copy
みなさんが興味ありそうな健康に関するトピック

Health topic...of interest to some people

Deakin大学、オーストラリア（2017年7月4日）
生涯にわたる身体活動のアプローチは脳の健康に最も良い。

Deakin University, Australia (4 July 2017)
Lifelong approach to physical activity best for brain healthA new review published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience has integrated evidence thatengaging in lifelong physical activity can benefit brain health and may also be protective
against cognitive decline and dementia in late life.

Dr Helen Macpherson from the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN) at Deakin
University, who conducted the review, said the link between physical activity and brain health
may also be different at each stage of life from childhood, mid-life and late life.
"Physical activity has positive effects on brain health at all stages of the lifespan and there is
growing evidence that physical activity may help cognition, offer protection against
neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson's disease andreduces incidence and severity of many psychological conditions including the common mooddisorders, anxiety and depression.
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View the full news item

New York Times（2017年7月5日）
New York Times (5 July 2017)
Bring On the Exercise, Hold the Painkillers 運動を始めたら、鎮痛剤を飲むのは待とう
Taking ibuprofen and related over-the-counter painkillers could have unintended andworrisome consequences for people who vigorously exercise. These popular medicines,
known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, work by suppressing
inflammation. But according to two new studies, in the process they potentially may also
overtax the kidneys during prolonged exercise and reduce muscles’ ability to recoverafterward.

Anyone who spends time around people who exercise knows that painkiller use is common
among them. Some athletes joke about taking “vitamin I,” or ibuprofen, to blunt the pain ofstrenuous training and competitions. Others rely on naproxen or other NSAIDs to make hard
exercise more tolerable.
NSAID use is especially widespread among athletes in strenuous endurance sports like14

marathon and ultramarathon running. By some estimates, as many as 75 percent of longdistance runners take ibuprofen or other NSAIDs before, during or after training and races.
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Medline Plus（2017年7月21日）
活動的な職場スペースはあなたの仕事の成果を低くしない。

Medline Plus (21 July 2017)
An 'Active' Workstation Won't Lower Your Job Performance
Study found using treadmills, bikes or ellipticals while on the job didn't impair thinking skills.
FRIDAY, July 21, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Companies needn't worry that job performance
will suffer when employees use "active" workstations that come with potentially distracting
treadmills, bikes or ellipticals.
New research shows that most of the thinking skills needed to get through a typical workday
are "not impaired while working on the active workstation," said study author Brandon
Alderman.
The evidence on active desks has been mixed, he said. Before the new study, "we knew there
was a slight impairment in typing speed and mouse use when using the active workstations,"
he acknowledged.
The question was whether active workstations interfered with thinking clearly while on the job.
Alderman is vice chair of kinesiology and health at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J.
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Specific countries
AUSTRALIA

各国の報告
オーストラリア

Clearing House for Sport（2017年7月13日）

Clearing House for Sport (13 July 2017) オーストラリアのスポーツ方針
Australian Sport Policy
Public policy in Australia is formulated by governments to communicate and deliver on a
strategic intent. It guides decisions and government investment including support and financial
assistance provided to individuals, organisations, and other community groups.
Australian sport policy reflects the value and importance our society places upon sport. It willoften be leveraged by or integrated with government and community objectives beyond thesport sector including preventative health and well-being, community and urban development,
tourism and trade, and international relations.
View the details

Janice Crosswhite says, " this is a terrific program"

オーストラリア政府 オーストラリアスポーツ委員会（2017年7月）
オーストラリアの女性アスリートと連携した試合プロ
グラムの変更Australian Government - Australian Sports Commission ( July 2017)
Change the Game
The Change the Game program connects Australian female athletes with talented
business executives - it focuses on creating more corporate experiences for female athletes,
providing personal leadership development, growing talent to stretch performance andimproving gender diversity in sport and business.
Change the Game was established in 2015 through a partnership between the AIS andBluescope. The program has been designed to provide a highly experiential and challenging

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learning environment where participants are presented with opportunities to exchange diverse
experiences and perspectives to build their personal leadership capacity and expand mindsets
beyond sport and business and from personal to global contexts.
In particular, athletes are given opportunities to learn how their skills can transfer and be
applied to a business context, develop new strategies to support key events and transitions
and make connections with a view to how they manage their career both during and post
sport.
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Applications close Friday 4 August 2017
View the full details
VicHealth（2017年7月24日）
世界的に有名なThis Girl Canキャンペーンは、ビクトリアの女性を活動的にさせます。

VicHealth (24 July 2017)
World famous This Girl Can campaign to get Victorian women active
Health promotion foundation VicHealth is seeking Victorian women to feature in a new local
version of the world-renowned This Girl Can campaign to improve the health of women acrossthe state.
VicHealth CEO Jerril Rechter today announced the foundation will deliver a new Australianversion of the highly successful Sport England campaign to be delivered in Victoria,
showcasing real local women giving it a go and getting active regardless of their fitness level,ability or how they look.
This is the first time the campaign will be delivered outside of the UK. Ms Rechter provided asneak peak of the first phase of This Girl Can Victoria alongside Sport England CEO Jennie
Price and three local women taking part in the campaign, at Melbourne Sports and AquaticCentre this morning.

The campaign will aim to help Victorian women overcome feelings of judgement when
exercising, following unpublished VicHealth research identifying fear of judgement andintimidation as key factors holding women back from getting active. More than 41% of womensurveyed identified as feeling too embarrassed to exercise in public.
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View the full press release
And...
Sport England（2017年7月25日）

Sport England (25 July 2017)
This Girl Canは世界へ
This Girl Can goes global
Our groundbreaking This Girl Can campaign hits Australia as we team up with VicHealth to
get women of all shapes, sizes and levels of ability active.
Our initial three-year partnership with VicHealth will see the world’s first health promotion
foundation adopt This Girl Can’s groundbreaking formula of showing real women and girls
playing sport and getting active.
The aim is to help others in the state of Victoria, which includes the city of Melbourne,
overcome the fear of judgement that holds many back – and achieve similar success to theoriginal campaign that has inspired 2.8 million more women to get active to date.
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オーストリア
第10回ジェンダーとスポーツの研究に関する多国籍ワーキンググループの会合が2017
年11月23-25日にオーストリアのウィーン大学で行われます。

AUSTRIA

10th Meeting Transnational Working Group for the Study of Gender and Sport
23-25 November, 2017, University of Vienna, Austria
The Transnational Working Group for the Study of Gender and Sport invites scholars from thefield of gender research in sport to the annual meeting in Vienna, Austria. Founded in 2005,
the group aims for a transnational and interdisciplinary exchange of researchers who have amajor interest in the study of sport and gender. This year the meeting will take place at theCentre for Sport Sciences and University Sport of the University in Vienna.
Looking back on a long tradition of theoretical and empirical studies of gender-equity andgender construction in sport and research concerning sexism and gender discrimination, we
invite researchers from different countries and scientific communities to discuss past, present
and future perspectives, challenges and opportunities in the field of gender research in sportand sport studies.

Key Dates:
Call for Abstracts - 2.5.2017
Deadline Abstract Submission - 1.8.2017
Notification of Acceptance to the Authors - 22.8.2017
End of Early Bird Registration - 20.9.2017
Contact
Rosa Diketmueller & Susanne Zukrigl (office)
University of Vienna, Centre for Sport Science
Auf der Schmelz 6A
1150 Wien
AustriaeMail: sportandgender2017@univie.ac.at
Web sportandgender2017.univie.ac.at

Conference venue
Universitätssportzentrum I + II
Auf der Schmelz 6 / 6A
1150 Vienna
Austria

カナダ

CANADA

女性コーチのネットワークレポート（2017年7月3日）
2017-2018年のCCAA女性実習者コーチプログラムに向けて新たなコーチが選ばれます。

Female Coaching Network reports (3 July 2017)
New coaches chosen for the 2017 – 2018 CCAA Female Apprentice Coach Program
The Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association is proud to announce its Female Apprentice
Coach Program apprentices and mentors for its 13th season.
Thirteen apprentices in five different sports will be mentored by CCAA coaches across thecountry during the 2017-18 season. They will be monitored throughout the year via progress
reports.
“The caliber of mentor and apprentice coach has consistently improved over the years,” said
Sandra Murray-MacDonell, CCAA Executive Director.
“The apprentices are a committed group who are motivated to take on the new role of a coachat the post-secondary level with the aid of their head coach mentors, who’s experiences andqualifications exceed the level expected to be part of this program,” she said.
The following is a list of the apprentices and mentors who have been selected for 2017-18:......................................................................................................................................................
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SIRCとオタワスポーツ協議会（2017年7月4日）
地域レベルでの脳震とうに関する教育の促進

SIRC and the Ottawa Sport Council (4 July 2017)
Advancing Concussion Education at the Community Level
Participation in sport can be an integral, rewarding component of life. However, sport
concussions can too easily derail the benefit of both competitive and casual exercise—instances that can be avoided through proper education and preventative measures. Sport is
especially advantageous for adolescents. Those who participate in sport during this period
often build better social skills, develop confidence and create a strong foundation for lifelong
health. Unfortunately, it is this very age group that is most vulnerable to concussions. 64percent of the time, children between the ages of 10 to 18 who visit the emergency room doso because of sports and recreational activities. Of this group, a staggering 39% arediagnosed with concussions, and a further 24% are possible concussions. To further
demonstrate the issue, concussions have grown in prevalence by 40% from 2004 to 2014 in
the sports of football, soccer and hockey.
View the full details
CISION, News Wire, Canada（2017年7月20日）
新たな財政支援がカナダの男女平等運動の活性化を支援するでしょう。

CISION, News Wire, Canada (20 July 2017)
New funding will help support a vibrant gender equality movement across Canada
Projects will advance gender equality in Alberta and engage local women leaders in panCanadian network.
CALGARY, AB, July 20, 2017 /CNW/ - As Canada marks the 150th anniversary ofConfederation, it is important to reflect on our legacy for the future. Despite the importantmilestones witnessed in these 150 years, women, girls, and gender-non-conforming people
still face hardships. A lot more work remains for gender equality to become a reality in
Canada. By investing in a strong and thriving women's movement today, we are laying thefoundation for gender equality tomorrow.
Today, Terry Duguid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Status of Women andMember of Parliament for Winnipeg South, on behalf of the Honourable Maryam Monsef,
Minister of Status of Women, announced Government of Canada funding for two projects thatwill help advance gender equality in Alberta and in Canada.
The Association of Alberta Sexual Assault Services is receiving $338,986 for a three-year
project to strengthen coordinated responses for victims of sexual violence. The organization
will work with multi-disciplinary partners to assess gaps in institutional capacity and policies inorder to increase reporting and response services for women. They will engage partner
agencies in the development of a best practices framework which will be implemented acrossAlberta. Results will also be disseminated amongst stakeholders to improve coordination ofservices for victims of sexual violence.
In addition, the Coaching Association of Canada is receiving $277,455 for a three-year
project to increase the representation of women in coaching and senior administration roles in
sport. The organization will develop policies and protocols to increase the recruitment,
retention and advancement of women in professional sport occupations. It will work withpartner agencies to pilot promising practices and share results throughout the sector.
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試合報告（2017年7月26日）
トランス・ジェンダーのカナダ人自転車選手は、性に関する訴訟の調停を賞賛しました。

Inside the games reports (26 July 2017)
Transgender Canadian cyclist awarded settlement in gender rights caseTransgender rights campaigner Kristen Worley has hailed a major breakthrough in her
struggle to change sporting approaches to gender after cycling bodies settled cases in her
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Cycling Canada, the Ontario Cycling Association and the International Cycling Union (UCI) all
agreed to adapt their policies towards XY female athletes, gender verification and Therepeutic
Use Exemptions (TUE) for otherwise banned products.
Worley underwent gender reassignment via surgery herself in 2001 and subsequently
attempted to return to cycling.
But, when she applied for the TUE to use testosterone, the process took 10 months instead ofdays or weeks and the amount subscribed was not enough.
The cycling bodies have now vowed to "review and revise" internal policies to embrace humanrights.
This will include launching awareness and education related to diversity and participants aswell as advocating the establishment of standards and guidelines for XY female athletes
based on "objective" scientific research.
Advocating "individualised" TUEs conducted by medical personnel with subject matter
expertise is also being considered.
The Canadian cycling bodies will also now solicit other organisations, according the Canadian
Olympic Committee and Commonwealth Games Federation, to advance this advocacy
message to international bodies such as the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and theInternational Olympic Committee (IOC).
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カーボベルデCAPE VERDE

試合報告（2017年7月17日）
カーボベルデで行われたM-オリンピックで男女平等を推進するよう開催されました。

Inside the games reports (17 July 2017)
M-Olympics held to promote gender equality in Cape Verde
The National Olympic Committee of Cape Verde (COC) hosted the 2017 edition of the MOlympics on São Nicolão island.
Nearly 500 children took part in the event designed to teach youngsters about gender equality
in sport.
The COC is aiming to provide more opportunities for women in sport, both on the field of playand in governance positions.
To this end they held a female leadership workshop in April.
A range of sporting activities were included at the M-Olympics which formed part of the COC's
Olympic Day celebrations. Other activities were held on every island in Cape Verde topromote the Olympic spirit.
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View the full news item エチオピア
女性コーチングネットワークレポート（2017年7月7日）

ETHIOPIA

東アフリカの国の中で女性フットボールが優先的にみられるようエチオピア
フットボール連合のCaf Cライセンスを35名の女性が受け取っています。

Female Coaching Network reports (7 July 2017)
35 women have received their Caf C Licences as the Ethiopia Football Federation (EFF)
looks to prioritise women’s football in the East African nation (Ethiopia)
A total of 35 women have received their Caf C Licences as the Ethiopia Football Federation(EFF) looks to prioritise women’s football in the East African nation.

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The move comes after research showed that women’s teams in Ethiopia were largely coachedby men and women coaches were not up to speed with the requirements, hence theintroduction of a platform for them to receive more education.
The women instructor coaches include Meseret Manni, Selamawit Zeraye and Meskerem
Goshime Tadesse supported by Caf Elite men instructors including Abraham Mebratu andSewenet Bishaw.
EFF Deputy Secretary General Meskerem Goshime Tadesse, a Fifa Master told
supersport.com that: “This will help us develop women’s football immensely. Women’s footballdevelopment cannot be achieved without the involvement of women coaches.
“Currently, up to 90 per cent women’s teams coaches are men and this is not just here in ourcountry but across the continent. We hope this course will change this and we shall see more
women’s teams coached by experienced women coaches.
“Most of the participants are experienced former national team players currently coaching atdifferent levels in Ethiopia.
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ドイツ

GERMANY

試合報告（2017年7月11日）
Rücker氏はドイツのオリンピックスポーツ連合の代表監督としてVesperに移籍しました。

Inside the games reports (11 July 2017)
Rücker to replace Vesper as chief executive of German Olympic Sports Confederation
Veronika Rücker will replace Michael Vesper as chief executive of the German Olympic Sports
Confederation (DOSB) on January 1, it has been announced.
The 47-year-old sports scientist takes over from Vesper, who has held the position since 2006
and will step down after he reached the age limit of 65 in April.
The decision to select Rücker came following a meeting of the DOSB Presidium in Berlin.
DOSB officials carried out a "an intensive analysis of the future tasks and the resulting
requirements profile" before the Bureau agreed that Vesper's successor should be appointed
from their own ranks.
Rücker has been working for the management academy of DOSB for more than ten years.
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IRAN
Many thanks to Robabeh Rostami, our national representative in Iran, for this item.....

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Robabeh Rostami has documented the sporting success of women and girls in Iranthroughout the month of July to share with IAPESGW members.
The first picture in this item refers to:
July/1/2017*Iran women’s sitting volleyball team won Kazakhstan and stood on the third place. Thus Irangot the chance to attend Poland international champions, Para Asia 2018 and Indonesia.
http://www.isna.ir/service/Sports/9004
The second picture:
July/2/2017*An 83-year-old mother won the Iranian veteran’s track and field champions.
http://msy.gov.ir/#1
View the details of all the successes during July in IranJAPAN
New items from Aoi Tanaka, International Committee, Japan Association of Physical
Education for Women....
JAPEW All Japan Dance Festival Kobe, 7- 10 August 2017, Kobe, JapanThe only national dance competition for dance clubs at high schools and universities in Japan
will be held at 7th-10th August 2017. This year is its 30th anniversary.
View HP https://www.ajdf.jp, there are some images from the past events.
JAPEW Summer Seminar, 12 - 14 August 2017, Tokyo, JapanJAPEW (Japan Association of Physical Education for Women) will hold the seminar. It has
mainly 2 courses. One is the course of dance teaching methods for teachers in schools tosatisfy new educational guideline. Another is the course of dance movement as lifelong dance.
It will be held at 12-14th August 2017 in National Olympics Memorial Youth Centre, Tokyo.
サモア

SAMOA

Australia Plus（2017年7月5日）
サモアの流砂はラグビーの復活を明らかにしました。

Australia Plus (5 July 2017)
Samoa's shifting sands reveal rugby renaissance
Women's rugby in Samoa has been in decline. But the drive of rugby-loving women, a devoted
development team and a shift in cultural attitudes have combined to give the game new driveand hope.
Samoa loves rugby union.
The young man selling sarongs from a rickety card table in the centre of Apia proudly wears
the national jersey, as do several shoppers.
In the villages, families huddle around TV screens to watch the Sevens World Series and taxi
drivers proudly point out the homes of famous players.
But as they drive past Marist Brothers Primary School Mulivai, they barely notice what might
be the nation's most devoted rugby players. Many of the 25 women running around in the21

blazing sun and searing humidity have travelled more than one-and-a-half hours from the far
side of the island for this chance to play.
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View the full news item - some excellent photographs
サウジアラビア

SAUDI ARABIA

Beyond Sport reports（2017年7月13日）
サウジアラビアはスポーツプログラムを州の女子学校に導入します。

Beyond Sport reports (13 July 2017)
Saudi Arabia to introduce Sports Programs to Girls’ State Schools
Girls in Saudi Arabia will receive physical education lessons as part of the curriculum in publicschools from next year. The long-awaited reform was announced by Education Minister
Ahmed al-Issa on Tuesday 11 July. Classes will be gradually implemented at public schools
from September 2017, allowing schools time to make sure qualified teachers can be foundand facilities upgraded.
Human Rights Watch said that Saudi Arabia’s reversal of its longstanding ban on sports for
women and girls in public schools is a vital step forward for the nation. But serious hurdles,
including the country’s male guardianship system, remain in place, preventing women fromfully accessing the education and health benefits of sports exercise.
The announcement, published on the Education Ministry’s website, states that Saudi girls’
schools will offer a physical education program beginning in the fall 2017 school term “inaccordance with Islamic law standards” and would scale up “according to the possibilities
available in each school” including sports halls and qualified female instructors. The statement
said that the ministry made the decision to fulfil the Global Goals of Vision 2030, an ambitious
government roadmap for economic and developmental growth.
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イギリス

UK

ラフバラ大学（2017年7月5日）
ラフバラ大学の教授は国際パラリンピック委員賞を授与されました。

Loughborough University (5 July 2017)
Loughborough professor given International Paralympic Committee award
Loughborough’s Professor Vicky Tolfrey is to receive one of the International Paralympic
Committee’s (IPC) top awards in recognition of her commitment to para athlete research.
For nearly two decades Professor Tolfrey, Director of the University’s Peter Harrison Centre
for Disability Sport, has sought ways to apply sports science to para athletes who have been
training for the international stage.
Professor Tolfrey will be presented with the 2017 IPC Paralympic Scientific Award in
September at the VISTA Conference in Toronto, Canada. The biennial award recognises thecontribution of academics to research in the field of sports for persons with an impairment.
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The Huffington Post, UK (5 July 2017)
THE BLOG: The Gender Gap - Kate Richardson-Walsh, Rio 2016 Olympic gold
medallist, GB & England hockey
There are lots of pressures I feel as a female sportsperson. As a woman, I think you’re caught
in a Catch 22 situation, where on the one hand you just want to be known for yourperformance and the athlete that you are. Yet at the same time, you have to work hard to gain
any kind of visibility, and even to get any type of endorsement deal.
The Huffington Post, UK（2017年7月5日）
ブログ：ジェンダーギャップ-Kate Richardson氏-ウォルシュ、リオオリン
ピックの金メダリスト、イギリスのホッケー

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As female hockey players, we often have nothing more than a stick contract, which is usuallya very small amount of money. So, to change that into something more professional, and to
gain more media attention, you have to do things that athletes in other sports simply don’t
have to do. You have to do lots of photo shoots and media (which I actually enjoy!) - but at thesame time you don’t want it to take away from what you do on the field. Serena Williams has
spoken powerfully about this balance and she’s a fantastic ambassador for female sports stars
everywhere. I find it interesting that she’s the greatest female tennis player of all time, yet
she’s had to do things that the likes of Roger Federer haven’t in order to gain that level offame.
I try to use the media as a tool to drive the profile of my sport. If we want hockey to be seen as
professional - if we want to compete for better TV broadcasting rights and more newspaper
articles - then we have to work with the media to get the best for us, as well as the best forthem.
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Cycling UK（2017年7月10日）
安全な道を整備することや自転車への自信を構築することで女性の自転者人口を増加させる劇的な転換を見るに違いない。

Cycling UK (10 July 2017)
Making roads feel safer and building cycle confidence could see ‘seismic shift’ in thenumber of women cycling
According to new research from Cycling UK, women who do not cycle on a daily basis aremost likely to cite feeling nervous about cycling on the roads because they think it’s dangerous
as being a barrier to them cycling more often (44% compared with 26% of men).
The poll, commissioned by the nation’s cycling charity, and conducted by ComRes, also foundthat 30% of women who don’t cycle daily say they don’t cycle more often as they don’t feel
confident enough to ride a bike – contrasted by just 11% of men feeling the same.
The research, released to coincide with Cycling UK’s 100 Women In Cycling celebration,
hosted in Birmingham today (10 July), suggests that better space for cycling and offering more
opportunities for women to learn how to cycle with confidence, would have a big impact on
cycling participation.
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View the full news item

Women’s Festival of Cycling Research - CYCLING UK. ComRes for Cycling UK, July
2017 (38 pages)
ComRes interviewed 2,039 British adults online between 5th and 6th July 2017. Data were
weighted to be representative of all British adults aged 18+ by age, gender, region and socioeconomic grade. ComRes is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules.
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サッカー連盟（2017年7月13日）
女子の新たなハイパフォーマンスの中心ーFAは国を超えて8つの大学に施設を開きます。

The Football Association (13 July 2017)
New Women's High Performance Centres - The FA to open facilities at eight universities
across the country
Committed to doubling participation and fan numbers of the women’s game by 2020, The FA
has unveiled plans for eight new High Performance Football Centres based at Universities
across the country.
The centres will provide an educational and community-based setting to recruit, develop anddeploy coaches, who will lead and inspire player development specifically in the women’s andgirls’ game.

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Establishing a connection with the England talent pathway and FA WSL clubs, the centres will
provide talented players with an environment to facilitate both their academic and football
ambitions, providing a variety of services such as, coaching, sports science and sports
medicine and scholarship opportunities.
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The following eight universities have been selected based on their ability to deliver against thesix key focus areas including coach development, collaboration with existing local footballproviders and supporting the England talent pathway:• University of Birmingham• University of Chichester• University of Gloucestershire• Manchester consortia – Manchester Metropolitan University & University of Manchester• Northumbria University• Nottingham consortia - University of Nottingham & Nottingham Trent University• Sheffield Hallam University• St Mary’s University...................................................................................................................................................
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Women's Sports Trust（2017年7月16日）
The Blue Plaque Rebellionキャンペーン

Women's Sport Trust (16 July 2017)
The Blue Plaque Rebellion campaign
Sports journalist, campaigner and author, Anna stumbled across the woeful stats on the lackof statues and blue plaques for sportswomen while researching for her book, Eat Sweat Play:How Sport Can Change Our Lives - a passionate polemic aimed at bringing women and sport
into the mainstream. Stunned by the invisibility of these incredible sportswomen’s stories,
Anna called Jo and Tammy – co-founders of the Women’s Sport Trust - and set about plotting
how to bring about change.
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エクセター大学（2017年7月18日）
1日1分のランニングが女性の骨の健康状態をよりよくするのを手助けします。

University of Exeter (18 July 2017)
One minute of running per day associated with better bone health in women
A single minute of exercise each day is linked to better bone health in women, new researchshows.
Scientists from the University of Exeter and the University of Leicester found those who did“brief bursts” of high-intensity, weight-bearing activity equivalent to a medium-paced run forpre-menopausal women, or a slow jog for post-menopausal women, had better bone health.
Using data from UK Biobank, the researchers found that women who on average did 60-120
seconds of high-intensity, weight-bearing activity per day had 4% better bone health thanthose who did less than a minute.
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The researchers looked at data on more than 2,500 women, and compared activity levels(measured by wrist-worn monitors) with bone health (measured by an ultrasound scan of heelbone).
As well as finding 4% better bone health among women who did one to two minutes of highintensity, weight-bearing exercise, they found 6% better bone health among those who did
more than two minutes a day.
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The paper, published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, is entitled: “A small amountof precisely measured high-intensity habitual physical activity predicts bone health in pre- andpost-menopausal women in UK Biobank.”
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ラフバラ大学（2017年7月21日）
世界アスリートプログラムにおける女性の成功が最終セミナーで祝われました。

Loughborough University (21 July 2017)
Success of Women in World Athletics programme celebrated with final seminar
Since 2012, a team of academics led by Loughborough University’s School of Business andEconomics has worked with European and British Athletics on the Women in World Athletics(WIWA) programme.
The annual development programme is aimed at supporting women who are transitioning into
leadership positions through seminars in a range of areas including action planning,leadership career development, mindfulness and vision.
A closing seminar in May marked the end of the five-year programme, where 55 delegatesfrom 22 countries attended. 120 women have completed the WIWA course since its inception.
The session focused on celebrating the success of the programme, with discussion points
ranging from sharing individual journeys, focusing on vision, inspiring others, how to effectchange, and becoming an agent of change.
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Running alongside the programme is a research project, run by Loughborough academics
Professor Christine Coupland and Stuart West, which seeks to identify key outputs from theprogramme and track the long-term progress of delegates.
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ウルヴァーハンプトン大学（2017年7月24日）
女性アスリートはスポーツのトップ記事や研究で明らかになったことを見落としていた。

University of Wolverhampton (24 July 2017)
Female athletes overlooked in sports headlines, research reveals
Female athletes have been under-represented in print media over the last 40 years, a study
by University of Wolverhampton researchers has revealed.
Coverage of sportswomen has been lacking in comparison to their male counterparts, withmore column inches dedicated to soccer stories, even during high profile summer events.
Kay Biscomb, Director of the University’s Institute of Sport, and Hilary Matheson believes
women’s sport needs to have a higher profile and has published their findings in a new report,
Are the times changing enough? Print media trends across four decades.
The work presents a unique analysis of four decades – from 1984 to 2014 – of British print
media coverage of sport for the same two week summer period where there were many
women’s sporting events, including athletics, tennis, cricket and golf, in six national
newspapers.
Research since the mid-1980s has illustrated the notion of unfair coverage with emphasis on
femininity, trivialisation of women’s achievements, sexist language, negative reporting andfocusing on physical characteristics of female athletes. However, the type of reporting has
vastly improved more recently.
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Women's Sports Trust（2017年7月24日）
RFUラグビーは契約条件に応じます。

Women's Sport Trust (24 July 2017)
Response to RFU rugby contract situation
In recent times the RFU has made significant – and frankly overdue – strides in backing thewomen’s game. They have invested in players, coaching arrangements and actively sought toraise the profile of the game with bold campaigns like the Red Roses and Inner Warrior. The
newly announced domestic competition is a significant move and bodes well for broadening
the player base and providing a regular schedule of quality games.
We would like to see contract arrangements that are longer-term for both forms of the gameand have had reassurances from the RFU that this is exactly the ambition they are working
towards. It is equally important that the RFU commits to doing the hard yards of investing in an
infrastructure that can sustain a thriving 15s and 7s operation – and we have seen evidence of
their commitment to this.
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British Cycling reports（2017年7月26日）
723000人以上の女性が2013年からBritish Cyclingの影響を受けて自転車に乗っています。

British Cycling reports (26 July 2017)
723,000 more women influenced to get on a bike by British Cycling since 2013
British Cycling has influenced 723,000 women, who weren’t cycling previously, to get on abike since 2013, the sport's governing body announced today - four years after announcing an
ambitious target to get one million more women cycling by 2020.
Launching a four-year progress update on its #WeRide women’s strategy, British Cycling hasrevealed the extensive changes that it has put in place across all levels to begin to counteract
the legacy of a 50-year gender gap.
Women's strategy four-year update......................................................................................................................................................
Key achievements include:
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723,000 more women influenced to cycle since 2013
72% increase in female race licence holders since 2013
Over 150,000 female attendances at HSBC UK Breeze bike rides, British Cycling’s female
only rides programme
Almost 500 clubs across the country now offer women-only sessions
70% increase in the number of trained female coaches
British Cycling’s female membership has doubled since 2013
British women have won over 20 elite world titles since 2013
British women won ten Olympic and Paralympic cycling titles at Rio 2016
Three women now sit on British Cycling’s Board of Directors.........................................................................................................................................
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport（2017年7月27日）
スポーツ省のTracey Crouch氏はスポーツを強化する集団的な改革として身体を管理することを賞賛しています。

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (27 July 2017)
Sports Minister Tracey Crouch praises governing bodies for reforms that will‘collectively strengthen sport’Sports Minister Tracey Crouch has praised the way national governing bodies have
responded in working to become compliant with the new Code for Sports Governance by theend of October.
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If sports bodies do not adhere to the code and cannot demonstrate full commitment tobecoming compliant with its requirements they will not be eligible to receive public funding.
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Greater transparency
Increased skills and diversity in decision making - with a target of at least 30 per
cent gender diversity on boards - and a commitment to greater diversity moregenerally
Constitutional arrangements that make boards the ultimate decision-makers

The changes will mark the single, biggest collective step forward in sports governance in theUK, and will set a template for global best practice.
Significant progress is being made, with 50 sports bodies including the Football Association,
England and Wales Cricket Board, Lawn Tennis Association, Rugby Football Union andBritish Cycling all having plans already agreed on how they will become compliant.
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フットボール連盟（2017年7月27日）
トップの10人-FA女性リーダーシッププログラムから最初のグループが卒業しました。

The Football Association (27 July 2017)
Top Ten - First group graduate from The FA Women's Leadership Programme
The FA’s inaugural Women’s Leadership Programme now has its first ten graduates.
Scunthorpe United’s Leanne Mayo, Manchester CFA’s Deb Owen, the Isthmian League’s
Kellie Discipline, Jenny Horsfield of the Cambridge United Community Trust, Tottenham
Hotspur’s Nikki Kelly, recently-appointed Brighton boss Hope Powell, Norwich City’s Jackie
Thornton, Anna Mitchell of Portsmouth, Prepared PR’s Lisa Smith and Doncaster Belle’s Faye
Lygo were initially identified as those already at board level or seen to have board potential.
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女子を活動的にさせる：身体活動で男女の不平等を解消する。政策方針2017年11月。ブリストル

Publications.... 大学のDr Simon Sebire, Professor Russ Jago, Kate Banfield and Professor Angie（2017年6月）

Getting girls active: Reducing gender inequality in physical activity. Policy Report
11/2017. Dr Simon Sebire, Professor Russ Jago, Kate Banfield and Professor Angie
Page, University of Bristol, June 2017 (4 pages)
Girls are less active than boys at all ages. English girls are among some of the least active inthe world, with only 16% of girls meeting UK physical activity guidelines of 60 minutes ofmoderate-to-vigorous intensity activity each day. This means that most girls miss out on theimportant social and health benefits of regular physical activity.
Research suggests that the changes girls experience during the transition from primary to
secondary school (in perceived competence, friendship groups and peer support) may
contribute to this decline.
A recent review suggests that previous attempts to help girls to be more active have had little
effect and more novel approaches are needed. This evidence, alongside the Government’s
recent Childhood Obesity Strategy, means that it is crucial that physical activity (in particular
girls’ activity) is pushed up the policy agenda.
This report presents new research evidence from the University of Bristol’s Centre for
Exercise, Nutrition & Health Sciences that can be used to support work on a local and national
level to ensure that girls can be and stay active throughout childhood andadolescence. The evidence supporting this policy briefing draws on projects that used
quantitative cohort and intervention studies as well as qualitative interviews and focus groups.
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妊婦の身体活動。分析画像。Department of Health、2017年6月

Physical Activity for Pregnant Women. Infographic. Department of Health, June 2017
(single page)
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Physical activity in pregnancy infographic: guidance. Department of Health, June 2017(7 pages)
The infographic is the latest addition to a series commissioned by the UK Chief Medical
Officers. It aims to provide clarity and consistency, and to equip health professionals to deliver
evidence based recommendations on physical activity in pregnancy. The aim is to ensurepregnant women are aware of the benefits of being active throughout their pregnancy and areclear about the physical activity recommendations. The infographic provides details regarding
frequency, intensity and time, together with specific examples of suitable activities and key
safety messages. This supporting document provides further details regarding the design andkey messages on the infographic.
The infographic has been designed as a tool to support health professionals to facilitate
effective physical activity counselling during pregnancy.
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なぜ女性は走ることに気が進まないのか？：女性の公園やさまざまなランニ
ングの経験。2016-2017年。事例研究。Women in Sport. 2017年7月

Why are women reluctant to run?:Women’s experiences of parkrun and wider running
activity. 2016-17. Case study. Women in Sport, July 2017 (8 pages)
43% of 120,000 runners at parkrun are female, yet they are more likely to be classified as‘reluctant runners’. In partnership with parkrun and funded by Sport England, we undertook aresearch project to determine why some women are hesitant to reach the start line andtherefore not engaging in running.
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バリー大学（2017年6月27日）
タイトルIXの45周年のお祝い

Barry University (27 June 2017)
Celebrating the 45th anniversary of Title IX
Friday, June 23 marked the 45th anniversary of Title IX, when Congress proclaimed that "No
person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, bedenied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or
activity receiving Federal financial assistance."
One of the greatest impacts Title IX has been in the area of women's intercollegiate athletics.
Barry University, which started out in 1940 as an all-female college, has long been a leader inwomen's athletics at the NCAA Division II level, despite not starting until 1984.
Barry University has sponsored eight women's athletics programs and currently carries sevenintercollegiate women's programs. Tennis and soccer were original sports during the 1984-85
season. Softball came on board in the spring of 1986. Volleyball started with the 1988 season,as did basketball. Cross country, the other original 1984 sport, was dropped in 1991. The
rowing team hit the water for the first time in 1996. Golf joined the program in the fall of 1998.
Those programs have won 12 NCAA Division II National Championships and 41 Sunshine
State Conference titles. Student-athletes have excelled in the classroom, in the community
and in life.
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WorldWideWomen 第二回Girls' Festival（2017年9月30日）
アメリカのカリフォルニア州オークランド Hiveで行われます。

WorldWideWomen - 2nd Annual Girls' Festival
30 September 2017, The Hive, Oakland, California, USA
Our second annual amazing, spectacular, life-changing Girls' Festival will be held Saturday
September 30th at the Hive--a very cool new gathering place in Oakland.

28This year we are hosting the event in collaboration with the Women Sports Film Festival andwe will focus our activities primarily on health and wellness. The daylong festival will include
fun sports and fitness activities, hands-on cooking classes, exhibits, career mentoring,workshops, panel discussions and presentations--not to mention a full day of powerful films
celebrating women athletes.
Please save the date, buy tickets (Women Sports Film Festival tickets sold separately - more
to come), and stay tuned for a steady stream of exciting updates on festival activities!
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