All In Plus: Assessing gender equality in European sport
The predecessor project produced a series of deliverables, including those based on the data collection campaign, the Toolkit on gender equality in sport, country factsheets, and an online library of best practices.
The main message of the project was to address the invisibility of women in sport by working with governments, sports organisations, and stakeholders.
As a result of the projects, several recommendations and a comprehensive analytical report promoting greater gender equality in European sport, especially across European sport organisations, were published at the closing event in February 2025.
Its key findings highlight both progress, and persistent disparities in gender equality across European sport:
- Women remain significantly underrepresented in decision-making roles.
- Only 12% of sports federations have a female President, and 29% have a female Vice-President or Board members.
- Women make up only 23% of registered coaches, with significant variations among countries.
- Women account for just 32% of sports officials, with numbers particularly low in Austria (8%).
- Women and girls represent only 31% of all sports federation members. Participation rates drop significantly from youth to adulthood.
- The percentage of sports organisations having a written policy / action plan to prevent gender-based violence has increased from 25% in 2019 to 39% in the latest data collection in 2023.
- Only 35% of sports organisations have taken steps to promote gender-balanced representation in the media, with Austria (65%) and Spain (59%) leading in this area.
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