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Contributor Resources

The GO features resources, toolkits and guidelines from a range of Governments, NGOs, partners and service providers.

From time to time we will also showcase resources from our ‘featured contributor’.

If you have  resources that you would like the GO to include on our portal, please contact us at info@genderequalitysort.org or complete the following form.

Featured Contributor: The Sports and Rights Alliance

Theme: Support for Survivors of Abuse in Sports

The Sport & Rights Alliance is a global coalition of leading NGOs and trade unions working together to embed human rights and anti-corruption across world sport. The Sport & Human Rights Alliance promotes the rights and well-being of those most affected by the negative impacts of sport. They engage with athletes, fans, workers, journalists, grassroots organizations and communities most impacted by the human rights risks of sport – especially women, LGBTI+ people, survivors of abuse, and youth. They also work with partners to influence to pressure global sports bodies to ensure their decision-making and operations respect international standards for human rights, labour rights, and anti-corruption, in accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

The Sport and Human Rights Alliance has produce a variety of resources to guide and  inform practice, and support survivors of abuse in sport.

Tackling Abuse in Sport the Right Way: New Guidance on Establishing Effective Safe Sport Entities

A concise guide on the key principles and essential functions of entities established to address and remedy the scourge of abuse in sport. Developed together with The Army of Survivors and the Sport & Rights Alliance, the guide provides sports bodies, governments, player associations, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders with a clear benchmark to ensure safe sport entities are able to prevent, investigate and respond to abuse in a manner that protects the safety, humanity, dignity and voice of impacted athletes.
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We Have to Empower Each Other: Consultation With Survivors of Abuse in Sport

Result of Focus group research and trauma-informed interviews with over 25 athlete survivors and representatives of survivor-led organizations. The study took an intersectional and transversal approach to gather perspectives from the most diverse and representative group of individuals possible, resulting in 10 of the 25 total participants hailing from countries in the global majority, including from Afghanistan, Argentina, Brazil, Iran, Kenya, Mali and South Africa, with the other 15 coming from Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, United Kingdom and the United States.
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Resources

Explore Sport & Human Rights Alliance’s library of research, analysis, support services, advocacy and media guides, and other resources.
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Toolkits & Guidlines

Roadmap to Remedy: Effective responses to abuse in sport

Publisher:  Centre for Sport and Human Rights

A series of knowledge, recommendations, and practical tools for sport bodies and Affected Persons and their representatives to raise the standard of access to remedy for abuse cases in sport.
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Safeguarding in Sport and Sport for Development Contexts in Africa

Publisher: African Union Sports Council and GIZ

A handbook for practitioners and policy makers in Africa focused on the sport for development context. This resource is available in English, French, and Arabic.
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Tackling violence against women and girls in sport: a handbook for policy makers and sports practitioners

Publisher:UNESCO and UN Women

This handbook is addressed primarily to policy makers and sports practitioners, as well as sports journalists and civil society organizations who wantto do more to ensure that women and girls across all social groups can practice sports safely. It includes statistics, guidance, and casestudies of policy and practice action from around the world.
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Safe and Inclusive Sport: Preventing gender-based violence : A guide to support gender equity and the prevention of gender-based violence through sport.

Publisher: Sport and Recreation Victoria (Australia)

The Victorian Government’s Safe and Inclusive Sport: Preventing gender-based violence guide acknowledges the enormous capacity of sport to influence positive attitudes and behaviours around gender equity and the prevention of gender-based violence.
The guide provides 10 guiding principles, case studies and practical tools to support state sporting associations, regional sports assemblies, women’s health and community health services, local councils, and other organisations work together to develop and implement prevention of gender-based violence projects in community sport settings.
There are numerous case studies throughout the Guidelines that tell the story of how community sports can be equal, respectful and safe, and contribute to the prevention of violence against women.

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Training and Education

Course: iProtect Safeguarding

Course By: Safe Sport International

Safeguarding courses for individuals and clubs
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Course: FIFA Guardians Safeguarding in Football

Course By: FIFA Guardians and Open University

The course facilitates knowledge to contribute to creating a safe and supportive environment for everybody in football, especially children. It is available in English, Spanish, and French.
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Course: IOC Safeguarding Officer Course

Course By: IOC and Sport Oracle

The course is aimed at those who have been appointed or will be appointed as safeguarding officers; serve as the focal point for safeguarding issues; or work in the field of sport integrity, for national or international sports organisations, particularly National Olympic Committees (NOCs), International Federations (IFs) and National Federations (NFs).
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Course: Safer Play

Course By: Common Goal and UEFA Foundation for Children

The course address the specifics of sports for development from a variety of perspectives and roles that surround vulnerable people. This e-course will take you on a learning journey to recognise, reflect and act upon identifying risks of harm, different types of harm, such as physical, sexual, emotional abuse, and neglect on site or online, and building inclusive spaces. Available in English, Spanish, and French.
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Menstrual Health Resources

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