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Teaming up for equality: when sport becomes a driver of cooperation

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Agency for Gender Equality - Chancellor

Chancegal is a Réunion-based association dedicated to promoting equal opportunities for women and men, founded in 2001. For over 22 years, it has been working to raise awareness of equality and diversity, particularly among young people, and to train adults while supporting networking among stakeholders committed to this cause. In recent years, Chancegal has expanded its activities to the field of sports with the aim of reducing discriminatory practices, fostering a culture of equality, and educating for mutual respect. Each year, approximately 4,000 people benefit from its 250 training and awareness-raising programs.

Context

Let's dare to try mixed sports in the Indian Ocean

Founded in 2007 in Réunion, the Chancegal association works for gender equality through educational and civic means. Faced with persistent inequalities in the sporting world and based on the conviction that sport is a universal tool for educating about the values of equality, mutual respect and cooperation, it mobilizes federations, schools and educators in five territories with its project to strengthen gender diversity and equality in sports practices.

  • Countries: Reunion Island, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros
  • Location: Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros
  • Sector of intervention:
    Equality between women and men
  • La Guilde's endowment: €119,000
  • Project cost: €149,560
  • Project sponsor: CHANCEGAL
  • In partnership with: Regional Olympic and Sports Committee (CROS), International Games Council (ICJ), INSPE, International Federation of Physical Education and Sport (FIEPS), French Association of Referees (AFCAM), Tsi Shindi Ngodjo Shinda Association, DRAJES. With the financial support of the Réunion Region.
Funder(s):
• Coreom
• La Guilde
• The Fondation de France

Project objectives

  • Promoting gender diversity in sport in the territories of the Indian Ocean
  • Strengthening the capacities of sports stakeholders on gender issues
  • Supporting and promoting local initiatives on gender diversity and the feminization of sport
  • Create a regional network for sharing good practices for equality in sport

Activities

  • Raising awareness among local stakeholders about diversity in sport
  • Sharing good practices in partner territories
  • Support for organizing more inclusive sporting events
  • Development of educational materials for equality education

Direct beneficiaries

Young people, educators and stakeholders in the sports world committed to promoting diversity and equality in partner countries

Expected results

  • A shared diagnosis on gender diversity in sport
  • Pilot sporting events with mixed-gender participation
  • Upskilling of sports coaches
  • A regional cooperation network in support of equality

A dual support and funding mechanism for overseas civil society organizations, the CORÉOM program – Overseas Regional Cooperation – encourages regional and international cooperation dynamics among associations based in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, and Réunion. Financially supported by the French Development Agency (AFD) and the Fondation de France, CORÉOM is implemented by La Guilde, with a set of territorial networks and relay partners in the five territories.

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