The Minister of the Presidency has inaugurated this evening the Congress ‘Equality in joy’, which includes a group of 600 registered, including international specialists in gender and sports
Based on the conclusions, a Plan d’impuls de l’esport femení will be elaborated, which reculli the feina feta fins ara i defineixi new actions of the Government to improve it and promote it
“L’esport femení és potent, fa temps que hi és. El que manca és parlar-ne i fer-lo visible, des del Govern ho fem”. Així ho has explained the Minister of the Presidency, Laura Vilagrà Pons, during the inauguration this midday of congress ‘Equality in joc’, which is held from April to the end of April 28 at the INEFC headquarters. The gathering counted with the presence of international specialists in gender and esports of recognized prestige for increasing the recognition of women’s esports in Catalonia.
The conclusions that were drawn will serve to elaborate a Plan d’impuls de l’esporte femení, that reculli la feina duta to term and defineixi new actions of the Government to improve it and empower it. “The good practices, the experts and the proposals that we will meet in these proper days will help to plan a better path, present and future, that we have undertaken to guarantee a lot of sports with equality between men and women& rdquor; , The counselor has specified.
The inaugural conference will host the speech of the Dutch Johanna Adriaanse, from the Sydney University of Technology, a world-renowned expert in the field of esports, women and gender equality, who will talk about best practices in promoting equality of gender in sports organizations. Among the more than 600 registered and presenters, there were Marijke Fleuren, president of the European Federation of Hockey Herba, and Nicole M. Lavoi, professor at the University of Minnesota of sports training. Women who live esports day by day and top level sportspeople such as Helena Arias, Sílvia Bonastre, Aïna Cid, Laura Heredia, Itziar Llobet will also participate.
Vilagrà has explained that the Government vol that l’esport “Follow the scenario conducive to a real transformation of the Catalan society, with equal opportunities, tolerance, respect and social justice following an indisputable fet”. “The Catalan ladies will participate in this transformation, the sportswomen will lead it and stop being relegated to a second place”, ha reblat.