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Sport has been an environment for some of the most shocking cases of sexism and violence against women and girls.
The male-dominant culture of sport, coupled with a lack of transparency and a prioritisation of sport’s integrity and profit over the individual, has fostered an environment that has been all too accepting of violence.
A lack of effective reporting mechanisms, protective measures for survivors and sanctions for offenders leave survivors with no clear route to remedy; in many cases, survivors leave the sport entirely.
Sport leaders have done little to ensure that practitioners can adequately recognise and respond to such violence. Policy makers wishing to tackle violence against women and girls must understand the complex sports ecosystem, its wide range of stakeholders and variety of rules and mechanisms in order to develop the legislative frameworks and infrastructure critically necessary to prosecute perpetrators and support survivors.
UN Women, UNESCO and the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative have developed the Handbook - Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls in Sport - to create a shared understanding of the problem, offer practical tools for addressing violence against women and girls in sport and propose areas for effective collaboration.
The four-page handbook provides key recommendations for sports practitioners, policy makers, sports journalists and civil society organisations to tackle such violence.
Visit our Resource Library to read the handbook.
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