SheCOACH Capacity Building Programme
Designed to support coaching education and training providers in their efforts to promote gender equality in sports coaching
SheCOACH Capacity Building Programme
Designed to support coaching education and training providers in their efforts to promote gender equality in sports coaching
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A collaborative initiative to promote gender equality in sport coaching!
SheCOACH is an Erasmus Sport project, implemented in Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Spain from 02/01/2024 to 30/10/2026. As a multi-stakeholder action, it involves 9 partners from 7 countries: basketball federations, a coaches’ association, civil society organizations, a higher education institution, and expert organizations in the field of sports coaching and sports education.
SheCOACH objectives
To improve the mainstreaming of gender specific topics in sports coaching education
To develop the knowledge, skills and awareness of providers of coach education and qualifications on including gender related elements in their curricula and systems
To enhance the awareness of national/regional/local education and/or sports authorities on developing and implementing policies for mainstreaming gender in the coaching education systems
To raise the awareness of sports clubs, academies and schools on the benefits of including women coaches and promoting women participation, particularly in traditionally “masculine sports”
To increase women’s participation in basketball coaching education and training.
Why gender mainstreaming matters?
“Gender mainstreaming” is an internationally recognised strategy towards realising gender equality. In the context of the SheCOACH project, the term refers to the process of incorporating gender or gender-related issues into the core elements of sports coaching curricula or education.
Who is this eLearning platform for?
The SheCOACH Capacity Building Programme has been designed for providers of coach education and qualifications who come from: National/regional basketball -and other sports- federations; Associations/federations of coaches; Other coach education providers (universities, public or private VET institutions, colleges etc.); Local, regional and national policy-makers in the fields of sports and education.
In addition,
the project and its e-learning platform are directed at: professionals from other sports governing bodies at all levels; international basketball (and other sports) federations; sports clubs, academies & schools; networks of sports federations and education providers at EU/international level; researchers in related fields; and the general public. Sign up and make a difference in the way coaches and athletes are trained, mentored and supported! Let’s promote a culture of inclusivity and fairness in the world of sport!
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Sign up and join our efforts to ensure that gender equality becomes a fundamental principle in all aspects of sports coaching!
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