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- good morning salaam alaikum and welcome
- to this seminar the importance of sport
- and physical activities in the lives of
- women and girls my name is joyce bell
- and i'm the
- head of sales
- for contouring solutions which is an ad
- echo group organization
- i see you thinking what what is she
- doing here but i'm pretty much involved
- in our
- vim for youth program this is a
- well-being program under the adeco group
- in which we activate our employees but
- also our clients and contractors to have
- a healthy lifestyle for all the
- activities
- they look into our system the kilometers
- they run
- we make a donation
- to plan international
- we support a program in vietnam
- where we pay for the education on
- underprivileged women
- and girls to get their education and
- support their families
- besides that i've been always very
- active and i like to challenge myself
- through sports um i used to do white
- color boxing i run the marathon this
- ambulance this isn't 257 kilometer run
- through the sahara desert i finished my
- full ironman and as we speak i'm
- actually training for one again
- i'm extremely pleased to be the
- moderator of this special event both for
- the participates here in in the room but
- also for the ones at home that are
- watching us virtual
- we will focus on the pitfalls and the
- opportunities for sport and physical and
- physical activity for girls
- and women in different countries
- with a focus on empowerment and
- leadership
- next to me is jacqueline koneberg who
- represents the knowledge center for
- sport and physical activities
- and she's the organizator of this event
- welcome jacqueline thank you what is the
- idea behind the seminar
- well we're here in the netherlands
- sports week and we're here in the dutch
- pavilion and that this pavilion is all
- about energy
- food water in the different
- forehead but um
- and it's also the knowledge and learning
- week here and we thought it's a
- wonderful chance to bring this all
- together when you because you know
- what's needed for sports to play sports
- you need water you need food you need
- energy and it gives you energy and you
- also know what you need to have to get
- new knowledge to actively uh participate
- in something so that's what we're doing
- today and we're doing that today in a
- more in a theme that's a societal value
- of sport
- and you know that
- also it's all about the sustainable
- development goals here in the dutch
- pavilion but also somewhere
- all over the world expo
- and did you know that at least five sdgs
- are connected with the importance of
- sport and physical activity for women
- and girls and especially sdg 5 which
- is about gender equity and empowerment
- of women so that's a wonderful chance to
- talk about it today together and the
- world expo is also about
- sharing knowledge sharing stories from
- different perspectives from various
- countries and that's what we're doing
- today together so
- i'm looking forward the overall theme of
- the expo is let's check it connecting
- minds creating the future
- so i would think let's start today
- connecting and listening to each other's
- stories
- thank you
- the knowledge center for sport and
- physical activity netherlands making
- sport and physical activity more
- powerful through knowledge this is
- exactly why our knowledge center exists
- designed for you as professional in
- sport in health welfare education and in
- the government we collect and share
- knowledge with you this ensures higher
- quality
- and more effective sports and physical
- activity
- we have all you need or want to
- encourage others to help yourself to
- help at work
- so start moving in the smartest possible
- way onwards and upwards
- valid information
- up-to-date research and inspiring
- examples from science from strategy and
- practice the knowledge center for sport
- and physical activity makes it possible
- and accessible get in touch with us for
- workshops and training we have useful
- tools and personal advice
- our database is full of step-by-step
- plans for you you can use them in your
- practice your organization your
- association and in your neighborhood or
- municipality above all use our knowledge
- base with more than twenty thousand
- publications we have the knowledge you
- make the difference for yourself and for
- others a more dynamic and active
- lifestyle starts with knowledge at the
- knowledge center for sport and physical
- activity netherlands
- before we move forward a few small
- things you might hear a little bit of
- background noise but we are here in the
- dutch pefuyon and there are a lot of
- visitors today who take part of the
- experience
- there will be water in a bit available
- on the side as well so please if you
- feel the need to have a little bit of
- activity
- take a little bit of water and come back
- when you're ready we also today use the
- hashtag so if you are active on social
- media please use the woman in sports you
- see it behind and in front
- before we move forward as well i quickly
- would like to make the virtual
- participants aware that they can add
- questions during the chat we will either
- answer them
- during the the uh
- the questions at the end or at the end
- of a session
- next up we have a video interview with
- business development manager carrie
- mcdonald
- of the association for international
- sport for all better may be known as
- tafisa and we know that she's actually
- furthering virtual watching us
- gary will give a broad overview of the
- gender gender gap in sport and physical
- activities
- and the possibilities to close this gap
- she will also referring to outcomes of
- erasmus support projects that tafisa has
- been coordinating
- and besides her activities she is also a
- project leader of europe in action and
- she leads the mentorship and mobility
- program to equip a generation of young
- african and european women with the
- skills knowledge experience and guidance
- to lead the sport for all movements have
- a look
- sport for all has demonstrated itself in
- recent years to be a key player in the
- fight to close the gender gap and
- empower girls and women globally sport
- for all offers a unique approach towards
- the achievement of the united nations
- sustainable development goal 5 by
- mobilizing all of us regardless of age
- nationality gender culture religion
- ability etc speaks to us in a universal
- language and tackles gender stereotypes
- social norms and expectations head on
- there's a multitude of benefits for
- girls and women that participate in
- sport for all as a participant it offers
- an inclusive fun and safe space to
- participate and try out various types of
- sport and physical activity and it's
- very important to highlight that within
- the sport for all movement this is in a
- low pressure non-competitive environment
- which can contribute towards a lifetime
- passion for sport
- there's also the personal and life
- skills that participation and
- involvement brings such as empowerment
- teamwork resilience self-resilience the
- building of self-esteem and confidence
- the making of lifelong friends and the
- creation of a network all of which are
- very important for girls and women
- i think it's important to highlight the
- benefits around a more positive body
- image especially as girls and women
- are really pressured by the media and
- society to develop unrealistic ideal
- body types this can lead to really
- unhealthy behaviors and personal
- dissatisfaction
- so encouraging girls to participate in
- sport and physical activity can remove
- these negative stereotypes and
- connotations
- ultimately it's important for all
- sectors to acknowledge sport for all as
- a lever for achieving more equitable
- societies
- sport for all truly represents an
- opportunity to unleash girls and women's
- options and opportunities
- i think it's really difficult to
- pinpoint facts or figures that may be
- more significant than others regarding
- gender equity in sport as gender
- inequities and inequalities are
- evidenced across all levels of the
- entire sport sector for example all
- around the world girls are participating
- in sport at lower rates than boys of all
- ages girls tend to start involvement in
- sport later than boys and they're
- dropping out twice as fast
- than their boy peers for reasons that
- are often preventable for example it's
- lack of supportive coaches leaders role
- models and environments that are simply
- not welcoming for girls
- when we look at women's participation
- they're also facing general lack of safe
- and appropriate sport facilities which
- can potentially expose them to
- harassment and abuse whilst also
- experiencing additional physical
- constraints such as lack of time the
- lack of child care facilities lack of
- financial resources and then of course
- we have the representation of women at
- decision making levels for example in
- 2019 only six percent of
- a national olympic committee presidents
- were women and then we have the media
- coverage with him when it comes to girls
- and women and
- girls and women participating in sport
- they're frequently misrepresented or
- under-represented in the media so even
- though we see some positive stories and
- we do hear of successes when it comes to
- closing the gender gap and empowering
- girls and women in sport
- progress is being made but i think it's
- slow and there's still so much work that
- has to be done
- we have our mission 2030 with 12
- identified themes to fight the worldwide
- physical inactivity epidemic as well as
- tackle some of the world's biggest
- problems one of the themes is gender
- equality so we have an active vision and
- mission to lead our members and global
- sport for all stakeholders in this area
- in practical terms tafiza is also
- leading several projects surrounding
- girls and women empowerment in sport and
- gender equity in sport
- two of which are the female leaders of
- tomorrow project or float and this is a
- mobility and mentorship program which
- aims to equip and empower a new
- generation of young african and european
- women who are currently working or
- volunteering in sport for all and it
- provides them with the necessary skills
- knowledge experience and guiding
- guidance to lead to the global sport for
- all movement we also have the european
- action project which is undertaking an
- innovative and specialized approach to
- transfer sport into practical action one
- of the ways in which we're doing this is
- through the design and development of
- non-formal educational modules one of
- which is on gender equity the module
- really highlights the global state of
- play we provide useful resources
- we
- highlight the contribution of sport for
- all and provide good practices amongst
- other information
- in addition tephesa regular regularly
- advocates on the importance of gender
- equity by representing the sport for all
- movement at high level conferences
- events and seminars we also partner with
- other organizations who share the same
- mission and vision for example nike made
- to play unesco european union african
- union and the african union sports
- council region five finally i would just
- like to say that tafiza is
- consistently supporting our members
- development in this area by collecting
- and sharing best practices and resources
- i think there's three um pieces of
- advice that i would like to share
- number one is to i think it's very very
- important it's fundamental
- that we all consider gender equity in
- every aspect of our work and not just as
- a tokenistic or a checkbox activity
- i also think it's fundamental that we
- acknowledge that each girl and woman has
- a unique experience of discrimination
- and oppression and there's many factors
- that marginalize people gender sexual
- orientation
- race socio-economic status nationality
- religion disability etc and we have to
- really recognize this and be aware of it
- especially in the designing and the
- implementation of our programs
- activities events campaigns etc and
- finally i think
- the the final message i would like to
- share is that it is not possible for us
- to close this gender gap in silo we all
- must work together we've got to work in
- partnership and collaboration share
- ideas share resources share experiences
- utilize research evidence and needs
- analysis to design efficient and
- effective change we need to collect
- collective action in this area the final
- point i'd like to say is that right now
- the system is not working for girls and
- women and i truly believe that we all
- have a responsibility to positively
- contribute towards the change thank you
- thank you gary for the next session i
- would like to welcome abeer alkaya
- who is the acting director of marketing
- for the dubai sports council
- with a passion for media and background
- in both sports and culture she uses her
- media platform
- to reach out to everybody who is
- interested in a health and healthy
- lifestyle
- abhier aspired to represent the ue in
- international and local forums as an
- emirati career woman she also is a
- co-founder of the anna go running club a
- running club dedicated to woman in the
- uae
- when she's not working at her day job
- you will find her running
- somewhere in a race or training at the
- gym
- women in sport
- have become a main goal for the dubai
- sport council's strategic plan
- the objective is to spread awareness
- about the woman's sports
- culture and its benefits in practicing
- sports and physical activity
- this they focus and ensure the promising
- female players to join sport clubs to
- boost their talent and develop their
- athletic performance to take part in the
- international women's team a warm
- welcome to a bear
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- hello everybody abir um from dubai
- sports council
- um i'm currently working there as
- acting head of media and marketing
- and in my free time as our moderator
- said
- very active tried to live a
- active unhealthy lifestyle and i'm
- originally into crossfit or a
- crossfitter but
- over time you start to find
- love
- what i see you try to you start to find
- love for other sports as well so
- got into running
- and i think that became
- something that is sort of a routine or a
- habit for me
- and i'll start with a very small or
- brief story about myself
- when i first started running i think it
- was
- in 2013
- and
- i i started running with a community
- group of girls
- and i think i ran for like a minute or
- two i don't know how to run so i
- collapsed and stayed on the floor while
- they continued and tried to catch my
- breath why they continued running
- and
- it bothered me
- i thought why is everybody okay and
- running and i'm just like tired or weak
- and don't have that kind of strength
- so um
- it sort of turned into a goal for me a
- challenge which i wanted to overcome
- personally
- so i started running with my friends
- after that every week
- and we had this amazing opportunity with
- the director of dubai ladies club so in
- dubai we have several ladies clubs
- dedicated to women or an environment
- where women can feel comfortable to
- train
- and
- that's where we started running
- we were still i was still a bit shy to
- run outdoors so we'd go there and we'd
- run the director saw us running outside
- and she's like who are these girls who
- are running outside i want to meet them
- so we met her and we were so
- blessed because
- she's a great leader her name is
- lemyakhan
- and lamia gave us the opportunity to run
- the track free of charge with our
- friends with our family with our
- community every week every tuesday and
- we still do that
- so our running clubs initiated from that
- we weren't so good at running so now
- we're proud to say that enego running
- and a go means i am strong
- so enego running is based or its basis
- is that it's a running club for ladies
- that are non-runners so
- we're not really runners or
- people who run marathons or 10ks or half
- marathons
- or at least we weren't
- but we we had to create some sort of a
- community of for these girls for
- ourselves for myself to go overcome this
- challenge so we call it running for
- non-runners
- as you as you know there are many uh
- challenges nowadays for women in sports
- and i'm not saying that it's not getting
- better it is
- women we find especially young women
- nowadays influenced by the media
- more self-conscious about their own
- image
- so to get them into
- sports with for younger women and women
- who have careers working moms and so on
- it's it's it's a challenge so one of the
- ways where we try to what we do in
- undergo running is
- we show that this environment is safe
- for beginners it's safe for everybody to
- come try all we ask you to do is get off
- the sofa and come join us for a run and
- let's have fun together
- and we we noticed that that actually
- worked so when we started uh to run
- it was because maybe it was something we
- were lacking the performance the pacing
- and and even the fit fitness or stamina
- but then it turned into a community
- girls started gathering we started the
- club on social media just reaching out
- to girls
- free of charge trying to sort of get
- them to come join us and it worked and
- we still run every tuesday and
- over the years things changed thankfully
- working at dubai sports council
- understanding the vision that our
- leaders have for women and gender
- equality here in the uae it has grown
- exponentially knowledge wise more
- awareness nowadays more initiatives and
- more seats for women in board committees
- in sports in different fields
- so based on that vision that our leaders
- have and that us as women we want to
- drive we have been working on dubai
- sports council to come up with sort of
- new initiatives or sports that appeal to
- the younger generation so that we can
- get everybody active whether whether
- it's through forums like this
- or through um committees women
- committees in different sports like
- football or
- basketball and maybe even a little bit
- newer sports like paddle tennis
- we see that women are now more
- encouraged and we see that women now are
- more prone to joining sports and not
- only in the recreation recreational way
- but also in the management we have women
- entrepreneurs now starting their own
- event sports management here in the uae
- they have worked with different
- entities to offer grants
- there is one called
- for sports that offer grants to
- underprivileged underprivileged women or
- children from maybe who want to get into
- sports or want some sort of support
- and scholarships and so on
- to increase their passion or their
- journey into their own passion or sport
- so we see that happening and that's some
- of the examples that we have is
- sheikhahand
- women's tournament and this is a
- tournament that has over 12 sports it
- started with the dubai sports council
- women's committee
- back in the day about almost eight nine
- if i'm not around nine or ten years ago
- and it continues now every year
- and every year we see new sports added
- things like paddle tennis things like
- triathlon things
- sports like crossfit because the trends
- are changing and we realize that and we
- want to be part of the um
- people who uh positively show change or
- or are
- active in the sports industry and we
- have to be as leaders or as a sports
- council
- so i guess that part is
- is great too for us in dubai because or
- in the uae because we have a great
- infrastructure there are cycling tracks
- and running tracks and there are ladies
- clubs or
- just academies and every sports club has
- women's teams in in almost more than 10
- or 12 sports
- so the infrastructure is there now how
- do we overcome
- women's participation or how do we
- encourage women's participation we do
- that through initiatives sports events
- if you look at the sports calendar in
- dubai you will find that there are a lot
- of events that have women's heats or
- women waves for example in iron man
- or in try a women's triathlon or in
- spartan races obstacle races so we try
- to create that kind of environment for
- women to feel comfortable to partake in
- these community events
- and that's part of the the the also the
- vision of togetherness a happy community
- a healthy community
- so a mom could be there in the race with
- her son
- or there they could go as a family or as
- sister and brother
- so we see that also trend happening
- thanks to initiatives such as dubai
- fitness challenge as gov games
- we last weekend we had gov games and we
- had over 30 teams of women compete it
- took a full day to have these women
- compete in nine obstacles each obstacle
- is consists of 10 minutes of training
- mental and physical
- and about seven girls in every team so
- we're talking about maybe participation
- of over 200 women
- and it was wonderful and we
- we were inspired we were
- we wanted this
- a long time ago and now it's happening
- and it's great to be there and watch it
- happen
- so again with these initiatives where we
- had sheikhahan's tournament start with
- 160 participants growing now to a
- thousand women or participants
- that that for us is a success now we
- know we understand that there's a long
- way to go
- and that we have a lot to learn
- from the best practices and knowledge
- sharing that we can share also with the
- netherlands and with the experts here
- we have an amazing cosmopolitan
- environment in the uae we always learn
- from the trainers we learn from the
- community we learn from the experts and
- the athletes and the coaches
- and we want that to continue
- the the best coaches i had are not from
- the uae they taught me how to do my
- first pull-up they taught me how to run
- properly they encouraged me to do an
- iron man even though i'm not very good
- swimmer
- we try and we do that together so
- i guess maybe the last thing i want to
- say is we invite you all to come and
- participate and take part in our
- community events and
- maybe experience a little bit of the the
- things and the
- the inspiration and motivation that we
- share together as a community
- i think i will end it at this but if
- anybody has any questions i'm more than
- happy to take them
- are there any questions in the room
- no questions
- well thank you abeer i love the personal
- touch of your story how you started
- this journey um and i can vouch for the
- dubai sports council how they organized
- the women event i participated actually
- myself in the women's triathlon and i i
- think it's an amazing event
- it's in a very safe environment um and
- you see actually all kind of ladies
- ladies who try it for the first time who
- are really encouraged to do this and i
- think it's a great initiative thank you
- thank you
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- next i would like to welcome mariam
- rashed almansoori now i have to look
- very well maryam is a conference
- specialist at the fatima bint mubarak
- ladies sport academy
- a board member of the fatima bin mubarak
- world sport awards and a board member of
- the international conference of sports
- for women that was a mountful welcome
- mariam's role is to provide emirati
- women and women living in the uae with
- educational health and sports seminars
- workshops forums and a wide spectrum of
- other topics this includes like healthy
- nutrition
- lifestyle etc
- miriam
- represents the academy
- and the united emirates in several
- conferences
- inside but also outside of the uae
- maryam is also a presenter at the
- hayakum if i pronounce it correct which
- is a sports social program provided by
- the fatima bin mubarak academy to host
- emirati influential sports figures
- maryam
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- hello everyone i'm sure it's been a long
- video and the video itself spoke about
- yourself but uh i wanted to show you all
- uh here
- that uh this all footage was taken
- during the pandemic that we didn't stop
- during the challenges what we faced
- and the lockdown we provided
- our community with several
- events which is to deliver our message
- from the
- academy to provide the community with
- the
- healthy lifestyle to keep it as a daily
- daily
- element first of all i'll share with you
- a little bit story about myself
- how i end up joining fbma family
- i think my story is similar to you avir
- which was
- i finished my studied i got my degree in
- health information management which was
- related to health and
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- sport
- medicine
- it wasn't related directly to sport but
- i can health transport it's much more
- the same
- when i finished
- my studies i went out there volunteered
- and
- participated in many sports
- i started with like my favorite top
- three what i can say which is handball
- basketball and tennis
- um
- i participated not as a professional
- athlete or as i wanted to join a club
- but it's in my free times
- one time
- we saw a post
- about a shooting
- like trainings
- i wanted their
- i tried uh
- doing shooting which was pistol nine
- millimeter
- uh i never
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- shoot or
- like
- tried it or you like handling a gun or
- i wanted there just to try um
- i didn't get it i didn't score anything
- the first time
- but when i went back again my friends
- keep asking let's go let's go let's try
- it i heard that they will create a team
- i told them a team under what name they
- said the fatima mubarak lady sports
- academy
- and the name itself the fatima bint
- the mother of the nation
- which inspired me and
- made me like dedicated to the trainings
- to go out there and train hard and
- i after like long time i
- qualified i was one of the team we were
- the first team
- and of the first ever team of shooting
- in the academy we got the first place
- and
- like it was a really a new experience
- for us all who joined the team we were
- seven members
- it was a competition between
- different government entities in abu
- dhabi which they have experienced more
- than us
- but
- because of the name we we meet all
- together the the team member
- i didn't know them from before we sat
- and we discussed like let's make it
- happen
- the name itself we need like we have all
- the respect the love of the mother of
- the nation let's do it and let's put
- all
- members there
- we got the first
- it was
- i like i didn't thought of it but we
- felt very happy and i met the
- team member at the academy
- and i got
- the offer to join the the academy it uh
- it was an amazing uh like experience
- from doing sports joining the career and
- handle the team itself
- uh
- this is a little bit about my story how
- to join the
- academy now i wanted to share with you a
- little bit informations about the
- academy
- under the patronage
- of her highness
- mubarak mother of the nation the fatima
- bin mubarak academy established in 2010.
- it's an unprofit government entity
- located in abu dhabi the united arab
- emirates
- headed by its chairwoman sheikh fatima
- fbma
- is dedicated to support imarati women
- and residents in the
- emirates with
- making sports as an essential element of
- a daily
- and everyday lifestyle
- at the academy we have a pillar of work
- let's say like the first
- event and tournament we held several
- community events to international level
- events
- and sports
- tournament with different sports as you
- saw in the video
- we had like from fishing to golf to
- shooting
- different
- sports
- we
- it's a have issue
- is it okay now yeah
- uh so the different uh
- sports we provided especially the
- community to encourage uh ladies out
- there to join us the same message as
- zabir
- said earlier
- we try
- our part as an abu dhabi sports entity
- to
- to gather the ladies at one safe place
- to do what they love
- and different
- background no need to be an athlete or
- to be fit for this particular sport
- we just want you to go there
- live a healthy lifestyle and do the
- sport that you love the second pillar of
- work educational program the one i'm
- handling at the academy
- from different seminars forums and
- conferences
- i wanted to speak about the problem we
- launched during the pandemic that gave
- us so many ideas
- and one of it was the hayakum
- hayako means welcome
- this program
- we invited the
- different
- athletes with different backgrounds from
- being a sports woman or an athlete or
- working in a
- as a sports federation
- we sat together
- it's a friendly chat
- program it's in our
- fpma youtube channel
- different athletes different backgrounds
- who try to take this program to be
- spread
- let's say in schools and
- around the emirates to share these
- success stories with
- other maybe
- ladies want to join sports and they
- maybe they are afraid that they don't
- have enough time to practice their sport
- in this
- program we have we asked this
- questions to athletes do how do you
- separate your work with your uh
- trainings
- but the most of them if their their
- answer like if if you love what you're
- doing
- you will find time to do it
- uh so
- i invite you all to go to our fbi
- youtube channel you might like
- this
- channel and if you have any athletes you
- want to recommend we can invite her
- and if you have any questions as well
- you can write it down there
- uh next which is uh
- talent management team creations
- now we're focusing more on creating
- teams we would like to have this
- platform with
- providing
- the teams
- the tools and the place where they can
- go there and practice
- do
- their sports and in a place
- where everyone will know them in the
- future
- like let's say the first team ever and
- let's say kayaking
- now we started with the
- basketball
- a volleyball
- shooting team as well and horse riding
- and horse jumping
- we have this
- four teams and we are growing more
- and more very soon
- last which is international conference
- of sports
- for women
- it's a huge
- conference happening in every two years
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- to gather all international figures and
- sports in one platform
- here in abu dhabi
- where we can they can share their
- experience with each other with we
- invited so many entities to join and
- participate
- which held as well different workshops
- during
- the days of the conference
- this is a little bit about the academy
- i hope you enjoyed
- the video
- and if there is i wanted to make it
- interactive as much as it can and if
- there is any questions
- in your mind please
- ask it to me
- yes xavier
- um just my question is that um the
- younger generation now seems to want to
- um play more than do sports or compete
- so they might watch someone do something
- like parkour on a youtube video and then
- rather than them going trying for that
- same thing like for example with
- tick-tock being so
- popular
- dance is becoming something very popular
- and dance is a sport but um how do we
- how do we engage with the young people
- that's my oh what i've been thinking for
- the past few weeks how do we engage with
- the young people uh nowadays and with
- the different trends in sports what do
- you think are some of the things that we
- can maybe discuss or look into from your
- experience sure that's an excellent
- question appear regarding the young
- girls let's say
- we had
- and we every year
- but we
- during the pandemic we couldn't continue
- we turn it to virtual which is the
- summer camp
- we have it like two months period
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- and we
- in a place with a different uh
- workshops let's say
- from we have a collaboration with
- different entities as well from let's
- say about
- public health center
- they have like health topics for example
- how to create your healthy lunchbox
- from trainings in basketball volleyball
- dancing classes
- swimming classes
- during the summer period every time we
- launch the summer camp to encourage
- young
- girls to go there and do what they
- love to to exercise we don't want them
- the same idea we need to let them move
- and
- go out there do the sports
- in a funny and in a healthy
- way
- so i hope that's uh
- yeah thank you thank you avir for asking
- that question
- is there any other question
- please tell your name and your
- organization
- on honor violet rsi sports
- my question is in in western europe you
- see a trend from
- team related sports towards more
- individualization
- in sports and how do you adapt
- on that trend or is it a trend not
- happening over here
- can it come again please so in in
- western europe we see a trend from teen
- related sports organized sports to
- more individual individualization sports
- where people want to move want to sport
- but in their own
- time in according to the wrong planning
- is that
- trend also happening in the middle east
- and how are you adopting your strategy
- on that
- let me get it right like you were asking
- about moving from team
- to to be an individual in their time
- um
- i don't think so that's happening uh
- here we need to ask uh to get the clear
- answer i don't wanna answer it and i get
- it wrong
- so
- we'll figure it out and i can get your
- contact and we can discuss more about it
- thank you for that question
- thank you for a good presentation so far
- um my name is jean van der lam one of
- the co-founders of orange sports forum
- and
- what i would like to know let's say is
- elaborating on the subject that just
- came across
- how important is it
- for your youngsters here in the middle
- east to have big examples the the stars
- of the region
- and do you work in that also
- of course we are like working hard to
- train these athletes to be a famous
- figure in
- their sports
- and this is uh one of the questions in
- my program who's your famous athletes or
- who do you want who's your like
- inspire you get your inspiration from
- most of them they said we don't have
- local famous athletes
- and
- this is why we're here along with other
- entities to try to provide the ladies
- with all the tools to make them in high
- ranks and high level in their sports
- to be in the special the olympics
- in international events abroad to raise
- the uae flag
- up there and this is our dream this is
- why all entities in emirates working
- hard to achieve and hopefully will
- that will be very soon
- thank you thank you so much all thank
- you
- [Applause]
- thank you maryam
- i would like to welcome back jacqueline
- cronenberg jacqueline of course we have
- seen already at uh the beginning uh and
- the start of the seminar uh jacqueline
- she's a seasoned public and
- international affairs
- professional working with the knowledge
- center for sport and physical activities
- in the netherlands
- shakaline is the contact person for
- organizations that seek collaboration
- with the knowledge center in europe but
- also abroad
- the participation of both women and men
- girls and boys in sports are in the
- netherlands
- quite balanced however
- gender equality is still on the agenda
- as much needs to be done
- jacqueline will not only share facts and
- figures
- but also inspiring stories
- of
- about sport initiatives in the
- netherlands and abroad
- thank you
- so
- firstly i
- must confess something
- the idea for the theme of this seminar
- was quickly i found
- but it was based on a bias and i i will
- get back to you a little while later
- but the the position of girls and women
- in society is an issue that's close to
- my heart and here at the expo dubai
- there's the women's pavilion and their
- key message is
- when women thrive
- all humanity thrives so i say here here
- but then
- working at the knowledge center for
- sport and physical activity i'm always
- interested in how sport and exercise can
- change
- i must oh sorry i did something wrong
- must get back
- so
- okay
- here i am
- all worked out so i work at the
- knowledge center for sport and physical
- activity and i'm always interested in
- how sport and physical activity can
- change the lives of women and girls
- it's about empowerment it's about
- pushing boundaries in the world of
- sports
- in the world of school or at home or in
- the workplace
- and when i first thought about the theme
- of this seminar i didn't have a clue
- about the way sport is organized in the
- uae
- and especially not how it's organized
- how the facilities are for women and
- girls
- so luckily i'm a member of the
- international work network for
- professional women it's called
- seroptimist international and they do
- have a club here in dubai i met the
- ladies this week
- good opportunity
- and so
- i got in touch with them a few months
- ago
- and i send a question
- here's it
- should we be presenting about sports in
- a country where limited
- possibilities are for women and girls to
- participate what do you think so i met
- him this week and they said we had a big
- laugh after you sent this question
- and then we sent the answer and this is
- what i quote
- i think you have mistaken the
- limitations in sport with our
- neighboring countries saudi arabia iran
- here in the uae there are no limitations
- and in fact they support and empower
- women beyond any other country in the
- world
- even more opportunities for women here
- than in the western countries where i
- have lived
- so it's the president from the
- suroptimist here
- so there i was left caught in my own
- bias
- there and then i knew the answer
- let us not make presumptions about each
- other but rather share our insights in
- an open dialogue so thank you joyce
- and carrie and mariam navier for your
- contributions to the seminar which have
- already added so much more depth and
- mutual understanding and we're not even
- halfway there so
- so research shows that worldwide
- girls face many complex challenges kerry
- told us also about it and barriers such
- as economic cultural and social barriers
- in terms of getting into sport and
- staying involved and they tend to drop
- out of sport twice as fast of as boys
- and in these times of covid
- in europe
- even fewer girls are even fewer girls
- are given the opportunity to play sports
- and when you have quit sport
- there's no easy way going back to it
- especially later in life and that's why
- my presentation will focus on the impact
- we have we can make with sport and
- physical activity
- in the lives of girls so i will mainly
- talk about impact on empowerment and
- later on we will have a discussion about
- leadership in sport
- so now i would like to present the dutch
- perspective to you firstly some facts
- and figures
- the physical activity guidelines in the
- netherlands and the participation of
- women and girls
- and after that i'd like to focus on a
- few good practices and policies and i'll
- finish my talk
- about the keep youngsters involved in
- sport projects
- but first
- why is it so important to talk about
- this subject why is participation in
- sport and exercise especially important
- for women and girls well it has a
- positive impact on health and active
- citizenship we heard all about it this
- morning it gives women opportunity to
- profile their talents and achievements
- and i think hearing the stories of abeer
- and maryam it shows the case and it
- raises self-esteem and and confidence in
- female participants
- so let's show the guidelines in the
- netherlands
- in the netherlands we have the
- guidelines on physical activity based on
- the wh o guidelines and here you can see
- what we're aiming at for young people
- it's one hour a day active movement
- recommended
- and taking part in sports at least three
- times a week an adult two and a half
- week
- hour a week active movement and a
- minimum of twice a week practicing
- balancing muscle strengthening when you
- exactly
- especially when you get older
- so where do we stand
- younger children do better with regard
- to the guidelines than older children
- and boys do it slightly better than
- girls so in primary school you see
- 62 percent
- boys
- being
- sufficiently active versus 55 percent of
- the girls and in secondary school
- percentages drop
- 45 percent for the boys
- against 39 for the girls
- looking at the adults especially in the
- elderly category men do met better than
- women in the netherlands so 45 percent
- of the men are sufficiently
- active enough
- near uh and 38 of the women
- and
- so
- this is uh how we show that in the
- netherlands this is the beve circle like
- we call it in the netherlands
- are these the percentages we're happy
- with in the netherlands no no no no not
- at all at the moment we're waiting for
- the new government and we hope
- the biggest issue on the table is
- the fight against inactivity
- uh that's the other pandemic as we call
- it and there is a concept policy
- available it's collaborated on and
- written by five ministries and it's
- called the netherlands vital and
- physically active
- because physical activity is not only to
- be found in sports club but also in
- school at child care in the park in the
- workplace it's everywhere so it needs to
- have a holistic approach and that's
- what's needed to reach the aim of
- 75 of the dutch population
- population being sufficiently active
- according to the guidelines
- so now for the more interesting stuff i
- think talking about this subject of
- today what are the differences between
- boys and girls and girls in their
- approach to sports
- and be aware this is the general
- perspective and i know for sure that
- there are girls and boys here that don't
- apply to this
- table but let's get into it
- so first try on error boys are the ones
- to say oh just gets trying a new skill
- and
- girls
- they want to look out what's what is it
- and they talk to each other about it and
- shall we do that and then then maybe
- they start a game
- and and the next one is um
- boys do oh i'm sorry
- back to it the boys want to be the best
- and girls say oh i'm afraid of failure
- so girls are holding back too much
- because the idea of failing is worse for
- them
- than trying something new
- and they're not so much interested in
- being the best
- like the boys but doing themselves
- something that are that they're good at
- and where they feel they belong
- and another thing
- boys are more competition driven and
- girls are much more
- dedicated to having fun in a
- non-competitive sport so competition is
- not something most girls are looking for
- they seem to be more interested in
- activities like dancing like
- self-defense in martial class and
- fitness classes
- and then the last one that you show and
- carry also mentioned it um
- boys when boys get taller and they
- develop muscles they most of the time
- they get more
- self-confidence but the girls when
- they're age 12 to 15 they can be overly
- body conscious
- and with all the changes they see in
- their body and as a result sport for
- them is something they don't want to do
- anymore
- they're focusing or they're focusing on
- the super fit super slim influencers or
- on instagram
- so again it's a general perspective this
- is it's from the research that we have
- found together
- so
- we talk about some good policies what
- can we do about it
- understanding all this from many kinds
- of research we have to focus on the
- issue of keeping girls involved in sport
- and one of the most
- genuine influences is the coach
- the coach with the right mindset and the
- right tools can create a fun and
- inclusive play and sports environments
- for girls to enjoy and feel safe in
- and luckily there are good
- toolboxes and training available and i
- would especially specifically like to
- recommend the nike made to play girls
- and boys
- girls and guys program and i coach kids
- guides and our knowledge center has a
- mou with eye coach kids
- the knowledge is also partly
- researched by a dutch researcher and
- it's also to be found in a dedicated
- dutch website about the pedagogical
- sports climate
- and it's built on a wide variety of
- research from for instance the women's
- sport foundation and explores the
- critical role of coaches and how they
- persuade girls to stay in sport and the
- guide has a holistic approach for
- coaching activities with strong
- recommendations and great tips that are
- very simple to understand and implement
- and here are the five interconnected
- pillars so plain space for girls do you
- know what happens when a bar and when
- the coach says oh guy okay guys get a
- ball
- then most boys get a ball
- and girls
- most of the times they think oh it's not
- for me
- so use of inclusive language can help or
- create a space with no boys around also
- a possibility
- another one creating connections the
- right coach spends time with girls and
- and she knows he knows about the
- importance of peers in sports you can
- make friends for life and that makes
- also that you keep
- your your sporting life
- and the other one let girls compete we
- had it already we talked about it some
- girls do love competition and others you
- have to create an other side of
- a different way of competition for
- instance team against team or within a
- team or against yourself just getting
- personally better the idea of simply
- achieving a personal best is also
- competition
- and we have to work on from i can't to i
- can and this is about the importance of
- effort about getting better about
- praising and enjoying the process and
- not just the outcome so remember to
- label what they've done in detail nice
- pass
- and the the last one
- brave not perfect creating a coaching
- environment where it's okay to just try
- and make mistakes
- and of course there are coaches like
- that and meet huda lukili she's a coach
- from the netherlands and she started
- kickboxing when she was 11 years old and
- then she has just followed her passion
- as a coach 17 years already coaching
- girls and boys
- and i listen to her and she says
- be open-minded so it doesn't matter who
- you are girls
- who want to come to her classes don't
- matter who you are and how you react
- during classes we celebrate the
- differences here and she says also
- stimulate girls to believe in themselves
- so make them feel that they matter
- teach them to say no when they don't
- want to do something and emphasize fun
- and she also says think about diversity
- and role models so
- girls have the feeling they have to live
- up to a certain image and let them know
- that they can just be themselves
- and then have we have another good
- practice from the netherlands it's
- called world maida or in dutch in
- english active girls of the world that's
- talking about role models friendships
- celebrating diversity it's all in this
- project it's aimed at girls from ages 14
- to 28 and that that have recently moved
- to the netherlands as refugees with an
- official status
- often they live in towns where they have
- nobody
- they no no they know nobody and these
- girls with migrant background might also
- have some cultural limitations in
- joining a sports club or being active at
- all and for these girls and
- their parents it's important to offer us
- a safe
- girls only environments and in this
- project they exercise together with
- dutch girls of their own age and we will
- and they will introduce them as buddies
- to the dutch sports world
- for the dutch girls it's their time
- spent on civic duty much haploid instead
- and at the end of the year about 800
- girls in several provinces will have
- participated in this project
- and the new girls they learn about
- teamwork about self-confidence and they
- develop their physical skills but the
- same applies to the dutch girls as a
- bonus they're more involved in the
- social issue of integration
- and the cherry on the cake is of course
- the social networks that are being built
- in this project indeed friendships are
- already born in this way
- so and the first girls have already
- found their way to local sports club so
- let's hope this project will even bear
- more food in this way
- here you are the final part of my
- presentation consists of two knowledge
- products from our knowledge center for
- sports that are available in english and
- could be of interest of you first of all
- sport abc moves is an abbreviation of a
- lot of words connecting with creating an
- environment that enhances physical
- activity
- and today we have talked about factors
- that are called software and or where in
- the model the way you stimulate for
- instance girls to ride bikes to the
- school or the way coaches are trained
- that's called software
- and developing a strategy to come there
- that's called or where and creating
- public spaces and accommodations that
- feel safe and welcome that's hardware
- and there's much more to tell
- but as you can see in the figure they
- are all connected so investing in
- coaching like i just told is very
- important that's not the only factor in
- promoting sports for girls it's a
- holistic approach
- so how does this benefit society when we
- better invest the sport of physical
- activity not only for girls but for the
- netherlands as a whole
- this was calculated in 2019 and
- except this is for the whole population
- not only female population it's a piece
- of research commissioned by the
- knowledge center for sports and it's
- called the s-r-o-y the i the social
- return on investment was calculated one
- euro
- to to
- 51 euro so every invested euro brings a
- social value of 251 euro or in durham
- for dirham every every four day
- ten and a half year return
- but it felt you like better health
- less injuries more productivity and
- worker school and less sick leave and
- more fun in life so i would think that's
- quite a good investment
- so as i promised i will now conclude
- with the keep youngsters involved
- projects and it this week it's the
- knowledge and learning week here at the
- expo and we know all how we do that
- learning
- how we learn best just by doing and this
- what i have here is the toolkit the
- toolkit from keep youngsters involved
- and it has all kind of cards in it
- i can show you some yeah
- all kinds of cards
- and um
- it's a it's a project a erasmus a
- european uh funded project
- and its uh knowledge center had
- was the lead partner and together with
- researchers and sport organizations from
- all over europe we have found the 14
- factors that can prevent youngsters from
- dropping out of sports girls and boys in
- this case and not only that we have also
- concrete actions in place
- and this card game is meant
- for sport clubs there are professionals
- and their volunteers to enable better
- communication and understanding in what
- makes youngsters stick
- and what doesn't
- so that in the future more girls and
- boys will stay
- active enjoy sports and later on convey
- their love for sport to their children
- it's my great pleasure
- to give this special toolbox
- to uh full of questions and actions to
- the most important organization in dubai
- where we are now so avir i would like to
- hand the toolbox and
- and this is the end of my presentation
- thank you
- [Applause]
- thank you so much
- [Applause]
- thank you
- jacqueline
- i would like now to invite two inspiring
- ladies
- previous two top sporters lavra from
- leon
- and amna obeid omahari
- [Applause]
- laura is currently the general manager
- of the ayaks coaching academy at sarsia
- fc
- in the uae she was a player in the dutch
- national women's soccer team till 2004.
- her education includes a master
- international sport management at the
- johan crive institute
- an mba at naya road and among others the
- uaf woman in football leadership program
- in her current position laura is
- responsible for implementation of ios
- football philosophy and the youth
- academy of sergeant fc
- she supervises and monitors the progress
- of the iax team
- at search ifc and manage commercial
- activities
- welcome thank you george
- and then we have abner
- i'm not partial passion for sports and
- basketball caught her into
- the ue national basketball team
- her experience of 30 years in basketball
- landed her in spot at the adlc
- basketball team
- she is now as well a senior associate in
- the devops engineering team her main
- role in is to support the development
- cycle for all developers around the it
- department by facilitating the work
- management
- and their releases processes
- thank you both for joining us today
- thank you
- so looking back at your sport career and
- let's start with you laura what would
- you describe as a key achievement
- well i heard some personal stories i
- would like to share one myself
- when i was 12
- and i think it's important to
- give a perspective to women in sports
- when i was 12 i was reading the
- newspaper and there was the
- world national or the world championship
- of women's soccer in the us and i was 12
- and i was reading the newspaper and i
- told my mom mom i want to join
- one day and i want to play in the united
- states and then six years later i played
- myself in the united states as a soccer
- player at a university so yeah i think
- this was one of the great achievements
- and especially because i didn't know how
- to get there i just knew i wanted to be
- there and then one day i was there
- for belief
- yeah um for myself uh i think uh playing
- uh basketball for as long as i have
- played without major injuries uh is like
- a blessing and
- um
- i'm i'm actually currently the captain
- in our team so i think that's
- [Music]
- a good achievement at least
- yeah
- so if you look back at your sport career
- but
- what brought that actually to your
- current career
- um
- i think
- first thing i learned
- in basketball and i i brought it to work
- was
- if you're not passionate about something
- then you shouldn't uh try to do it uh
- because that would give you the drive to
- be
- [Music]
- to stay in the same place and to
- aspire to be
- better also
- [Music]
- and in basketball because it's a team
- sport you you have to communicate and
- you have to
- learn how to be a team player and
- and i bring that to my work and in the
- same time
- the mental toughness because you would
- hear
- any
- comments from coaches or from other
- players
- with the intent of encouraging you of
- course but
- once you have that mentality that you
- you're gonna take it and become better i
- think it's it's gonna help you in your
- career as well
- so i heard passion toughness yeah
- something to add there
- yeah and especially because i think it's
- a great achievement that you have not
- been injured yet
- i was quite young i was 21 when i got
- injured and but then i knew i still want
- to work in sports and i want to make a
- difference in sports even though i
- cannot play myself anymore
- so i think it's the mental toughness
- there but also finding your own
- qualities which you can later on bring
- into your career because i think as a
- female and especially in a more
- working with a lot of men
- and also football is still mild
- dominated
- sports of course i think it's
- great to add some qualities that are not
- the main topic so speaking your throat
- for example
- it might be different than
- the common denominator i think that's
- very important so i think that's one of
- the things i brought in from sports to
- my career
- yeah i think i have a personal
- experience here
- we have an athlete a career program in
- our organization as well
- and when i was still living in hong kong
- we had a lady who was part of the
- olympic
- swimming team and working part-time for
- for us but i was always very impressed
- like how
- focused she was and how she set her goal
- and i think that there are very much
- transferable skills from athletes to the
- work environment because she worked from
- 11 till 3 3 30 because she needed to
- train in the morning she needed to train
- in the afternoon but somehow she always
- managed in those short periods of time
- to actually get the job done so i think
- that's very what we quite often
- underestimate is maybe that some uh
- didn't finish school because of sport
- priorities
- but they don't realize the skills they
- actually gain
- through an uh uh being a top athlete
- they're very much transferable to a lot
- of uh work environments
- laura how do you inspire other girls or
- women to play sports
- to play sports i'm not sure
- but i think
- when i was also growing up i i played
- for the national team of course and we
- had a colleague there and she was like a
- role model for me for working in a
- sports environment so
- this is what i learned from her so by
- being myself and bringing myself into
- football i think i'm already inspiring
- and then i work in
- the topic
- i worked at the association in holland
- and for example over there
- there was a lot of
- work and progress to get more girls and
- women active in sports and the same
- thing is now happening at charge fc so
- and i work now for charge fc
- and at the club we're now establishing a
- women's
- team actually so we're now starting the
- preparations and from beginning of next
- season we'd like to have a girls and
- women department
- also at charge fc so i'm proud of this
- development
- for the club especially and especially
- for girls and women in the uae sharjah
- in particular
- and if you see the difference between
- the netherlands uh and here are the big
- difference you you think um well it's
- like
- when i was growing up i think we had the
- same environment so me being the only
- girl in a men's or in a boys team when i
- started playing so
- but i like now that there's
- more opportunities for girls because all
- the research shows a lot of girls just
- want to compete together and play
- together and
- i think it's important and still as an
- adult when i came here since i worked
- with only men which i do like a lot but
- then in my free time i still wanted to
- play sports so i joined golf but then
- there was a special program for ladies
- or for women so i could still have my
- female energy organized by all the
- initiatives here in the uae so i think
- it's a great opportunity
- and amna how do you inspire women uh i
- think i actually agree with laura when
- it comes to
- inspiring people by playing your best
- sport
- because
- it's the same for me when i see someone
- who's playing really well i feel
- inspired to actually train harder
- and the other thing i try is to
- basically be always
- respectful to my teammates
- the people i play against even the refs
- because
- they're putting uh
- their time to yanni to play with me so
- you know i
- try to be cheerful and happy and always
- smiling because i want to
- give that message that i'm doing some
- something that i'm
- really passionate about and i hope that
- everyone only have
- something that they're as passionate
- about as i am
- when i play
- nice nice
- so and in your opinion uh to start with
- you um
- what is needed in your opinion to get
- more women in influential positions in
- sport organizations
- to me
- is
- the experience
- would be very important
- so
- when we get
- females
- playing sports as a yeah as the first
- step
- they would
- be more beneficial in a
- any as my admins in any organizational
- sport
- i think it would help them to have their
- player experience and
- to have the experience in how to
- communicate with their players
- a general understanding of what the team
- is going through or individual players
- the experience and how see you being in
- a leadership role in
- a support organization yeah so i can
- only speak from my experience but what i
- think is important is
- first self-awareness so knowing your
- qualities knowing what you can do what
- you cannot do and then
- being brave about it so i think i've
- i've worked a lot
- in the organization and there has been
- times that i thought i can do that as
- well but nobody didn't really see it or
- maybe they saw but they didn't think of
- me being an opportunity to do their job
- or that role and then becoming more
- aware of my myself i figured out hey
- i can do this
- so and then you need to be brave and so
- when the position came for general
- manager or charger
- i thought hey i can do that
- and i just applied and i said hey i want
- to do this guys but then there's a
- second part and this is where it comes
- to my colleagues they gave me the
- opportunity they thought oh i didn't
- think about you but yeah now you now you
- tell me i think you yeah okay let's see
- and then they made it happen so it's
- important first to
- um
- know what you want and then secondly
- it's very nice to have a supportive
- environment and i'm so grateful and
- thankful to the ix organization that
- they took a risk and it turned out well
- so i'm happy with that
- i love that answer and i think it's
- indeed be brave
- give it a try
- um
- we have i think one one more minute if
- there is anybody who have a question for
- this ladies
- sorry
- actually i'm a big fan of football
- and when i see that a club like ix come
- here to tringers and encourage them to
- play football
- um
- what what is the benefits for iex we
- learn like arabic girls and imarati
- women
- when you see a training from
- professionals and we all like how dutch
- play football but what's the benefits
- for ix and when you find a talent talent
- from the uae what's the next step for
- you like how do you maintain and keep
- them
- practicing and follow that stage and do
- you really work and make them
- professional
- athletes and the future is just having
- fun playing football and that's at go
- home it's a great question so thank you
- so much for asking um what we do at
- chargerfc is we do start with the boys
- academy so
- but i think in general we can say that
- we try to educate the local people so
- we're not here to tell how it works and
- what needs to be done but we want to
- educate people so in case we leave and
- the organizations and can still continue
- and now recently they start
- bringing the girls and the women's into
- the club
- but i think we can
- offer them the same program there's the
- coaches that need to be educated
- and there's also the player pathway that
- needs to be
- a clear player pathway so first goal is
- always having the boys and maybe the
- girls later into the first team of the
- academy or into the first team of charge
- ifc and maybe have them make this step
- over to europe because we're now so
- close on the ground
- yeah so that gives opportunities i think
- thank you
- ladies
- would like now to ask jacqueline
- mariam and amber to come back to the
- stage for some final questions if they
- are there of course
- oh it's okay
- thank you
- are there any questions
- now first of all ladies
- proud to be ladies actually you are
- ladies to be proud of so thank you all
- um
- jacqueline maybe the question is first
- to you and then actually really really
- relevant for everybody i was wondering
- about uh you said actually that the
- secret lies in the coach the coach is
- actually gonna make it happen but
- what is there anything actually being
- done
- to get the girls to the coach let's see
- so actually more on the basic actually
- something to be done at home or in the
- education at school to get people
- simulated getting there so is there
- something if not shouldn't it be and
- that is the same actually shouldn't that
- be actually in the uae okay um okay
- thank you for the question and of course
- i i said already it's a holistic
- approach and not only the coach but
- thinking about girls that have some
- limited access to sport it's very
- important that you feel
- that you get acquainted with sport
- at school or in your neighborhood and in
- the netherlands we have for instance the
- community sports motivators
- they are in the neighborhoods and
- they're organizing in the public space
- sport activities
- uh you have for instance in the city of
- rotterdam you have this whole sport for
- anything so the school sport club
- and they offer a program of two years
- just
- trying all kinds of sports so so that
- you know what's uh oh i don't like
- volleyball but i do like the dancing or
- kickboxing is something i never tried
- before but i can equate it with can get
- acquainted with all those kind of sports
- and then it's more easy to stay into
- sports and when there's a financial
- barrier because sometimes kids say
- i i don't like sports because they know
- there's a tight budget in in the family
- and so they say i don't like sports but
- um it's
- when that's the when that's the issue
- there are also funds like the youth fund
- for sport and uh culture in the
- netherlands or or the municipal uh
- funding for it and the community sports
- motivators or spot sport clips can
- identify that and can arrange
- that their membership fees can be uh can
- be paid
- so that's my question my answer
- um i'd just like to add that and dubai
- sports council we offer
- training and workshops for coaches every
- year
- coaches in the dubai clubs
- so registered certified coaches
- and it's just to basically go every year
- it could be different it could be in
- regards to whatever the advancements and
- sports are the themes that we are
- tackling now in sports whether it's a
- wearable technology or new advances
- maybe in ai or in the stadiums where and
- how things are now um analysis and
- performs and things like that that could
- help coaches um and understand the the
- potential of
- their athletes so we constantly have
- these workshops uh or
- yearly annual workshops with the coaches
- and that is held in dubai sports council
- but it's in association with the dubai
- clubs
- i'll
- in the educational department at the
- academy
- we launched as well different uh
- workshop like recently we got
- 15th the first 15th emirati in
- national arbiter chess
- national arbiter certified
- certificate from the
- federation in
- emirates
- so we're proudly like happy and proudly
- about the achievement of these ladies
- along with the university of
- united arab emirates university we
- launched bachelor degree along with them
- in health
- and physical education we last september
- we graduated
- 15th as well
- 11th to 15th graduate
- the first
- patch of the emirati
- ladies graduated from this program they
- have the
- their degree and we are happy
- to like to say that we got the first two
- emeriti ladies and full-time as a
- physical education teacher
- that's our goal from that program and
- the other girls now are looking
- opportunities in a
- sports organization
- now they are armed with the
- educational and first aid how to coach
- now they can launch their own
- program
- that's a great chance for us and i was
- happy to
- inform you all about
- this degree
- thank you
- thank you i think we have time for one
- more question so
- anybody
- no questions here um
- one more thing to wrap it up today we
- heard a lot of angles about the
- importance of sports and physical
- activities um thinking back about the
- seminar today
- what is the key insight
- and marianne starts with you what is the
- insight after this seminar that might be
- changed or learnings you have taken
- actually i had
- a really nice time with you and
- listening to their experience
- i would like
- to add
- to laura what i heard about you and what
- did you say in coaching uh
- that's inspired me a lot along with amna
- abeer jacqueline
- that was
- it's an honor to be
- for me to be in the same table
- with this
- ladies successful ladies
- so i believe it will change a lot for
- myself i believe
- i
- also i want to start to keep the
- communication with
- the dutch
- pavilion and the
- orange sports forum i believe organizer
- for this event
- it's a really great chance to be here
- with you and to learn
- uh learning it's it's never
- like there is no stop we can learn uh as
- long as we live so thank you all for
- this opportunity thank you
- [Applause]
- yeah and my insight yeah
- uh be brave it was in my presentation
- you said it's the same and i think
- i was brave too to to allow us to say i
- would like to do this uh
- theme
- and it it really worked out so well and
- we learned we really have learned from
- each other and i think the bias that we
- we all could have here in the audience
- and uh at the virtual audience uh at
- home
- uh we we have we've shared knowledge we
- have shared stories and we know more
- about each other and this is the way to
- uh
- because we do have to do it together and
- then we have to know each other so it's
- very nice that we can be here
- and i think
- indeed we are part of the netherlands
- sports week we have talked about
- football innovation we have talked about
- sustainability sport innovation later on
- today it will be about health
- it's all it's all included in the story
- of sport change sport can change lives
- but let's keep in mind that women and
- girls are very important part of the
- society and they deserve our attention
- and so we did that today
- thank you
- [Applause]
- i think for me the inside the greatest
- insight was that more firms like these
- more platforms where women and everybody
- experts all of us and all of you
- share this knowledge and share
- experiences and i appreciate each and
- every one of you for being here and
- sharing and i learned a lot from
- everybody today i think another insight
- would be we're always looking for a
- win-win situation and we try to find
- solutions yes we all have and we all
- have similar challenges but we we're not
- gonna stop we're trailblazers and we're
- gonna continue and we're gonna find uh
- best ways and best practices and that
- insight for me or that hope for me
- means a lot and it motivates me to be
- honest so i just want to say that this
- is just the beginning
- amna laura something to add
- as a player i usually just second what
- the admin as my club says and
- it's really an honor just to be here
- with you guys thank you so much
- for me last um i think bias and brave
- are two key words of today so um i think
- we're all brave here i'm i'm
- surrounded by brave women changing the
- image and i think yeah
- that's that's the way to go and so thank
- you for that and thank you for the
- invitation
- and thank you joyce for moderating this
- you're very welcome
- brings us to the end of this uh yeah
- couple of hours very insightful um just
- a reminder the replay will be available
- in maximum 24 hours so for people who
- like to review particular parts it will
- be available and yeah i thank you all
- for participating at home participating
- in the room and the speakers so thank
- you very much and have a nice rest of
- your day
- thank you
-
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