SPORT GVP

Preventing Gender-Based Violence in and through Sport

Sport GVP aims to address gender-based violence in sports.

Grant Agreement Number: 101133538

Funded by: Erasmus+      Duration: 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2025


Challenge

Recent studies reveal that 21% of female athletes have experienced sexual abuse as children in sports, nearly double the rate of male athletes. Although some progress has been made with safeguarding policies, more specialized efforts are needed to prevent and address gender-based violence in and through sports.

Innovation

Sport GVP takes a holistic approach to prevent and tackle gender-based violence in sports. By understanding the challenges and realities of this issue through research, it aspires to provide a comprehensive training program for sports professionals to prevent and address gender-based violence in the sports community.

Action

The report presents and analyzes the experiences, views, and perceptions of sports professionals, stakeholders, practitioners, and academics on gender-based violence in sports across the EU. It examines current realities and challenges, illustrates effective approaches, and develops recommendations for sports organizations and institutions.

The online course for sports professionals covers topics such as Gender, Gender Equality in Sports, Expressions, and forms of Gender Violence in Sports and Society, Parameters promoting Gender Violence, and the effects of Gender Violence.

The toolkit provides sports professionals (e.g. coaches, managers, academy executives, practitioners (educators, CSO representatives, and trainers) with practical material and resources on issues of gender and gender-based violence.

The guide assists sports professionals in implementing policies and practices to prevent or address incidents of gender-based violence within their organizations.

The e-learning platform serves as a one-stop-shop for information and instant access to the full suite of the material, information, and learning resources of the Sport GVP project.

 

Outputs

📄 Article 1: Unpacking Gender-Based Violence in Sport: Recognising the Forms

📄 Article 2: Insights into Gender-Based Violence: Research Findings and Data

📄 Article 3: Preventing Gender-Based Violence in Sport: Strategies and Interventions

📄 Article 4: Voices of Change: Amplifying Stories in Sport GVP

📄 Article 5: Overcoming Obstacles: Challenges and Solutions in Sport GVP

📄 Article 6: Policy Advocacy: Driving Systematic Change in Sport GVP

📄 Article 7: Towards a Safer Future: Goals and Vision for Sport GVP

📄 Article 8:  Reflecting on Progress: Lessons from the Sport GVP project

📄 Article 9: Best Practices: Effective Strategies for Addressing Gender-Based Violence

📄 Article 10: The Role of Education: Changing Mindsets Through Awareness Campaigns

📄 Article 11: Intersectionality : a vital component for tackling Gender-Based Violence in Sport

📄 Article 12:  Evaluating Sport GVP’s Impact on Combating Gender-Based Violence in Sports

📄 Article 13:  Empowering Young Voices: Youth Participation in Tackling GBV

📄 Article 14:  Innovations in Sport: Utilising Technology to Combat GBV

📄 Article 15: Building Sustainable Partnerships for Long-Term Change

📄 Article 16: Cultural Dimensions: Addressing GBV in Diverse Communities

📄 Article 17: Sport as a Catalyst for Policy Reform on Gender-Based Violence

📄 Article 18: Voices from the Field: Success Stories on the prevention of gender-based violence in sports

📄 Article 19: Closing the Gap: Final Reflections and a Vision for the Future

📄 Press release December 2025 

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

Project Partners

KMOP
(Greece)
EDEX – Educational Excellence Corporation Limite, University of Nicosia, Coordinator
(Cyprus)
CESIE
(Italy)
CARDET
(Cyprus)
International Sport and Culture Association
(Denmark)
Zdruzenie Za Unapreduvanje Megusebna Doverba
(North Macedonia)

 

 

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