The Council of Europe and the European Union are launching the "Active and Equal: Women's health in sport across generations" joint project dedicated to placing women's health at the heart of sport.
The launch event will take place on 5 March from 2.00 PM to 5.00 PM at the Council of Europe headquarters (Palais de l'Europe) in Strasbourg and online.
This Europe-wide project is bringing together policy makers, medical experts and elite athletes to address long-neglected barriers to female participation in sport. "Active and Equal" aims at ensuring that women's health specificities are taken into account and mapped in the context of sport to create safe, stigma-free environments where women can thrive at every stage of life.
The project is structured around three mutually reinforcing pillars designed to move the sector from awareness to implementation:
- The project will conduct the first cross-European analysis of physiological, psychological, and social barriers affecting women across life stages, producing national reports and a consolidated European Mapping Report.
- A modular "Women's Health in Sport Toolkit" will be developed to equip coaches, Physical Education teachers and health professionals with practical, science-based tools for supporting female athletes from adolescence through to older age.
- Through role-model video clips, the project will raise visibility Europe-wide to break the silence and stigma surrounding topics such as menstruation and menopause in sport.
The event will precede a high-level Breakfast Roundtable on 6 March to mark International Women's Day, highlighting the project's strategic alignment with European human rights and equality standards.
Both events are open to the public upon registration.
Concept note and programme of the "Active and Equal" launch event
Concept note and programme of the Breakfast Roundtable on women and girls' participation in sport
