Good Practice Stories

Across the world, individuals and organisations are driving meaningful change to advance gender equality in and through sport, physical education, and physical activity (PEPAS). The Good Practice Stories (GPS) showcase case studies, innovative approaches, impactful programs, and lessons learned from diverse contexts. Each story highlights strategies, challenges overcome, and key takeaways to inspire and inform policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and advocates.

Explore the stories to discover real-world solutions and be part of the movement for gender equality in sport, physical activity and physical education.

The Project

The Global Observatory’s Good Practice Stories  is a centralized platform for program insights and qualitative case studies on gender equality in PEPAS. It showcases good practices, programs and initiatives, and policies advancing the opportunities, empowerment, health and rights of women and girls in all their diversity in and through PEPAS.

The Good Practice Stories cover a range of topics and geographies and showcase the contribution sport, physical activity and physical education makes to addressing SDG5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. Topics include, but are not limited to, gender-based violence, leadership and governance, media representations, policy initiatives, forced migration, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), inclusion and participation in grassroots and community settings, sport for development, informal sport and recreational activities, physical education contexts, the portrayal of women in media, gender sensitive and inclusive methods (e.g. participatory methods), and bridging the gender and race pay gap, among others.

The Objectives

The Good Practice Stories aim to strengthen gender equality efforts in PEPAS by:

• Demonstrate sports contribution to SDG5: Gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls
• Developing a repository of diverse qualitative case studies and research from around the world, documenting experiences of countries and various stakeholders (decision-makers, implementers, academia, sports bodies, civil society, UN partners, etc.) in designing and implementing gender equality and PEPAS policies and programmes.
• Pooling together normative tools and providing guidance for Member States and other stakeholders (donors and civil society) to support efforts in advancing gender equality in and through PEPAS.
• Establishing a globally inclusive advocacy platform that empowers diverse stakeholders to share their case studies and good practices, serving as both a knowledge exchange repository and a catalyst for fostering a cohesive global community committed to promoting gender equality in and through PEPAS.