Webinar recording: Gender dimension of the sale and sexual abuse and exploitation in sport of boys and children who identify outside of the gender binary
Updated on 11.11.2021
You can watch the recording of the webinar in the video below.
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International
Safer Play: Safeguarding in Sport for Development [Online Course]
Common Goal and the UEFA Foundation for Children have launched an online course to build capacity in safeguarding among sport for development actors.
FIFA launches major new global education programme to strengthen and build safeguarding capacity across football
- FIFA Guardians™ develops first-ever global safeguarding in sport education programme
- New FIFA Guardians Safeguarding in Sport Diploma aims to professionalise the role of safeguarding officers and raise safeguarding standards
- Programme available to all 211 FIFA member associations and anyone working or volunteering in grassroots or professional sport
- Become a FIFA Guardian – visit fifa.com/FIFAGuardians
FIFA today announ
An Overview of the Sport-Related Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children
This paper focuses on the potential impacts of COVID-19 on children associated with sport. It was compiled based on the input of 37 experts and practitioners in the fields of child rights, protection, and safeguarding in sport.
Child sexual abuse in sports [IICSA]
Truth Project Thematic Report "Child sexual abuse in sports" presents the Inquiry’s (Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse) research findings about experiences of victims and survivors of child sexual abuse in sports and the response of institutions to such abuse.
FIFA Guardians and why international federations should play a greater role in safeguarding sport
This article by Richard Bush "sets out the key aspects of the FIFA Guardians toolkit, providing some commentary on the document and some further steps that international governing bodies might see fit to take in respect of safeguarding and child protection. Specifically, it looks at:
Safe sport: small steps for big impact
Sport must be a safe, positive and enjoyable experience for all children, especially to achieve protection outcomes in sport for development projects.
Child Safeguarding Policy [Terre des hommes]
Terre des hommes (Tdh) is the leading Swiss organisation for children’s aid. Through our health, protection and emergency relief programmes, Tdh provide assistance to over four million children and their families in more than 40 countries each year.
Protecting Children from Violence in Sport [UNICEF]
UNICEF has long recognized that there is great value in children’s sport and play, and has been a consistent proponent of these activities in its international development and child protection work. Health, educational achievement and social benefits are just some of the many desirable outcomes associated with organized physical activity.
"Up to Us" FIFA Guardians
This is a toolkit developed by FIFA, for its member organisations in order to establish guiding principles and minimum rquirements that will help leaders and organisers in football to ensure a safe and nurturing environment for children. The toolkit is part of FIFA's overall committment to safeguard children and will be supplemented with further guidance, templates, knowledge-sharing and training to support members.