V.E.R.A.
Voice for Equality and Rights of Women Athletes
The Project
V.E.R.A. project aims at increasing equal opportunities, inclusion, diversity and fairness in the European sports system by enhancing protection and equality of women athletes’ rights, empowering athletes themselves and organizations that represent them to work towards this objective and, therefore, towards a richer and more balanced sport system in Europe.
V.E.R.A. Project
Our main goal
Promote an international network of organizations working to protect, advance and promote women athletes’ rights improving the level of protection, respect and value for them in sport in Europe and, consequently, to build a fairer and more virtuous sporting world.
The project will target 4 objectives
01.
Improve
safeguards, support and representation for women athletes, boosting awareness on and protection of their fundamental rights in the profession, contributing to a full enjoyment and recognition of their sporting careers.
02.
Increase
awareness among the European sport systems and general sport audience on the benefits and the added value that gender equality and diversity can bring to sport and athletes through advocacy, information and networking.
03.
Create
an European platform for athletes, organizations and professionals to strengthen the opportunity to exchange best practices and possible solutions to common challenges, increase empowerment and cooperation.
04.
Promote
mentoring and mutual support between athletes and professionals of organizations that represent and support them, encouraging blended training and multi-professional cooperation.
Activities
Analysis on the status of women athletes’ rights in Europe and successful experiences in advancing equality and women athletes’ rights on basic issues: research among athletes (before, during, after career) and organizations that work with athletes to produce a map of the actual situation in Europe.
Creation of a pool of expertise from partner organizations and other relevant organizations, combining different fields and skills related to athletes’ rights to offer a platform of mutual consultancy and support for athletes and organizations on the main areas of rights in sport.
Implementation of a high-quality capacity building & mentoring program to train athletes, former athletes, professionals of organizations that can support the advancement of women athletes’ rights at different levels and in different roles and promote further training as trainers themselves, to increase awareness, knowledge and proactivity on equality in sports rights in the European sports system.
Setting the digital interactive platform to organize knowledge, facilitate cooperation, networking and allow the exchange of expertise, resources, mutual support and inspiration.
Main outputs: What will we produce?
D7 – VIDEO TUTORIAL/PROMOTION OF THE PLATFORM
News
VERA Final Conference – greeting of the Vice-President of the European Parliament, Pina Picierno
The greeting of the Vice-President of the European Parliament, Pina Picierno.
3rd Transnational Partners Meeting – Slovenia 6th & 7th of December 2023
Capacity building & mentoring international workshop
Key findings of
2nd Transnational Partners Meeting – Madrid 13th & 14th of June 2023
Two days of work in Madrid to continue
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Project “V.E.R.A.” is Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
