The Recommendations of the International Conference on Women’s Sports for Peace and Development, Kathmandu, Nepal, 18-19 November 2004.

The following conclusions and recommendations were unanimously accepted by the International Conference in its concluding session.

The Conference recognises the importance of the education system in socialisation and therefore

1. recommends a review of the structure and delivery of the physical education system be undertaken in order to develop a gender appropriate curriculum;
2. recommends that physical education be incorporated as a compulsory subject in the curriculum of primary, lower secondary and secondary school levels;
3. recommends that at all levels teachers delivering physical education should have specialist training and that such training should incorporate gender appropriate pedagogical practices. This has implications both for university initial teacher training and for in-service training.
4. recommends that a major campaign be launched to promote women’s involvement at all levels and in all roles in sport among parents and communities.

The Conference also recognises the importance of women undertaking leadership roles in sporting organisations at local, national, and international levels. Specifically the conference recommends:

• that leadership training courses and seminars be developed for prospective women leaders;
• that the norms proposed by the International Olympic Committee for National Olympic Committees and International Sports Federations, be adopted for appropriate national and local organisations in Nepal, such as the National Olympic Committee, the National Federations and the Sports Council;
• that recruitment strategies for attracting prospective women leaders in sport take account of the importance of encouragement by senior figures, particularly women, to foster interest and confidence among potential candidates.

The Conference recognises that to promote equitable participation for men and women, action should be taken in relation to:

1. the promotion of appropriate Nepali sportswomen as role models through the media;
2. the fostering of indigenous sports activities, and the introduction in Nepal of Women’s Netball, one of the few female only sports;
3. the encouragement of national sports federations to develop strategic proposals to increase women’s participation in their particular sport.
   

Name Of The Guest Speakers/ Topic

1. Ms. Fan Hong PhD.
Reader, PE & Sport Sciences & Acting Head Of Research of the Faculty of Education & Contemporary Studies, De Montfort University Of England, UK.
TOPIC: Women and Sport in the West and East: A Comparative Study

2. Mr. Professor Ian Henry
Director, Institute of Sport and Leisure Policy,School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK.
TOPIC: Women and leadership in the Olympic movement.

3. Ms. Joan Mills
Chairman England Netball Association 1996 – 1999, Sports Administration, Church Cottage
TOPIC: From Small Beginnings to the International Arena.

4. Ms. Eleni Yvonni Kampitsi
Democritos University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece
TOPIC: Quality Physical Education: An inclusive and gender fair approach.

5. Ms. Dorota Idzi
Ministry of Nationl Education and Sport, Department for International Cooperation, Warsaw, Poland

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