Overview

The Global Observatory for Gender Equality & Sport is a global convenor and repository of research and expertise on gender equality and sport, physical education, and physical activity – or sport+ for short. Building on the existing gender and sport movements across the world, we are dedicated to closing knowledge gaps and enabling actors to overcome global and systemic inequalities to advance gender equality for children and women in all their diversity in and through sport. ✔️ By gathering and sharing game-changing research and knowledge. ✔️ By connecting and facilitating access to a global network of experts, practitioners, and governments. ✔️ By supporting and building capacity of government and non-government actors to address gender inequality in sport and society. A not-for-profit organisation, we are championed by UNESCO and are a direct result stemming from the Kazan Action Plan adopted in 2017 by the 6th International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport (MINEPS VI) of UNESCO. We are currently hosted by an Incubating Association composed of representatives from the Canton of Vaud, the City of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and supported by the Swiss government. With headquarters in Lausanne, the home of international sport, we, as the first-ever Global Observatory for Gender Equality & Sport, are in a prime location to convene and connect with international sport organisations, UN entities and policymakers as we endeavour to bridge the gap between those who develop policy and those who are impacted by them.