GENDER, SPORTS AND DEVELOPMENT:

CAN SPORT PROGRAMS EMPOWER GIRLS IN INDIA?

INTRODUCTION
24.2% of the total labor force in India is Women (WB 2013)

Limited economic opportunities for women

Requires to create new job sector

BACKGROUND
Growing investment in sport sector
UK: $100 million in 2003-04
France: EUR 34.9 billion in 2009
India: $158.4 million in 2013-14

FIFA $10 million to Football for Hope

United Nation
Sport as powerful vehicle
International Year of Sport and Physical Education [2005]
Sports related NGOs and sport-in-development (SID) programs
Right to play, Catholic Agency for Overseas Development
255 active SID programs across the globe [2009]

INDIAN CONTEXT
Second National Sport Policy [2001]
Gender inequality in sport
Promote women participation in sport

Sport-in-development programs in India

The Goal Programme, Delhi, India
Magic Bus, Mumbai, India

CASES FROM AFRICA

Mathare Youth Sport Association (MYSA), Kenya
Football for Young Women
Goal: reduce girls isolation ; public space for self-development
Target Group: Out-of-school girls
Challenges: not girls game; domestic labor, parental opposition
Moving the Goalposts, Kenya
Goal: women empowerment and mobilization; health education; capacity
building
Target Group: Girls from low-income family
Significant increase in the number of players and team
Challenges: lack of transportation; domestic work; lack of football skills;
lack of communication skills; country's football infrastructure

GOAL PROJECT, DELHI

Goal: empower young women and ensure ender equality
Game: Netball
Educational Model: health and economic issues
Target Group:
Girls from marginalized families ; limited education ; limited health
knowledge; little social interaction; lack of confidence
Age: 13-19 years
Impact:
Self esteem; self confidence; familys confidence; improved position in
family; changed expectation

MAGIC BUS, MUMBAI

Goal: to empower children and youth with positive experiences
Game: Rugby
Number of Participants: 140,000 [2012]
Graduation Program: 8 year long
Target Group: children [7-17 years]
42% girls
Challenges:
Lack of open field; poor environment [Dharavi] ; dropout of girls; lack of
parental support

POLICY IMPLICATIONS
Broader Focus
Economic Consideration
Impact Evaluation
Demand for Sports
Awareness Campaign
Recognition
Policy Implementation
Corruption
Popularize Different Sports

THANKS.

QUESTIONS??