Equal opportunities monitoring
Monitoring is recommended to eliminate all forms of discrimination whether intentional or unintentional. As well as ensuring that there is no present discrimination within an organisation, the results can be used to influence future decisions on policies and procedures. This factsheet explains why, what and how you may want to consider when equal opportunties monitoring.
Sport and the Equality Duty
The concept and practice of equity is fundamental in sport, and needs to underpin all thinking in the sports sector. This factsheet explains more about the Equality Duty and the implications for sport.
How and why sports should gender impact assess their strategies
This factsheet outlines how and why sports should gender impact assess their strategies. Exploring how the process can help you to determine whether your policies and practices will affect men and women differently and the changes that you might need to make to make sure that any discriminatory effects are eliminated.
Creating a nation of active women: A framework for change
Creating a Nation of Active Women provides the framework to address the crisis detailed in It’s time. But it’s more than a strategy for change. It is a stark call-to-action for those with the power and responsibility to effect that change.
A national target has been set for two million more people to be more active by 2012, of which at least one million should be women. But with 24 million women not doing enough physical activity, that should be only the beginning.
With practical recommendations, the strategy provides a framework, compromising three key imperatives, for those who develop policy and design, and who deliver and promote sport and exercise for women and girls.
