Sport and education are powerful tools to promote inclusion and diversity in our society and this, of course, comprises gender equality.
FISU focuses on organising events and programmes for a large number of clients: students, student-athletes, officials and all people involved in the University Sports Movement. Therefore, it is with this sense of immense responsibility that FISU takes concrete steps towards ensuring gender equality at its sports and educational events, as well as in its governance.
Within FISU’s governance structure, the FISU Committees strive towards a balance between men and women in their composition. This change was introduced as part of an attempt to significantly increase the number of women on FISU Committees and work towards the general objective of achieving gender equality in sport governance.
In addition, FISU attempts to make close and important cooperation with Gender Equality International Women group (IWG): FISU takes part to their conferences and vice-versa.
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Mrs. Jian Zang from the Federation of University Sports China (FUSC) was the first woman to be a part of the FISU Executive Committee
1983
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It was decided to assign four positions to women within FISU Education Committee: Saliha Boukadoum (ALG), Pyhala Kaisa (FIN), Elizabeth Nwankwo (NIG), Alison Odell (GBR)
1997
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FISU established the Women’s Committee
2007
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First female FISU Director as Finance Director: Uyan Bekhbat (MGL)
2009
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The FISU Gender Equality Committee was established, replacing the Women’s Committee
2011
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FISU signs the International Working Group on Women and Sport’s (IWG) Brighton Declaration
2011
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First female member in the FISU Steering Committee: Alison Odell (GBR)
2011
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FISU's first female Vice-President: Peninnah Aligawesa Kabenge (UGA)
2019
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The highest number (seven) of female candidates were elected to the FISU Executive Committee, including three out of four Vice-Presidents
2023
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Gender Equality FISU Initiatives
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