Celebrate International Women's Day with us!
Join our online Workshop on Gender Equity held on 8 March, in partnership with the ITTF Foundation.
TAFISA and the ITTF Foundation have joined forces to offer insights on Girls & Women Empowerment in Sport for All. The aim of this Workshop is to provide an opportunity for productive discussion on methods to empower girls and women to reach their full potential in Sport for All.
Participants will learn from TAFISA, ITTF Foundation and Nike, Inc. as well as FLOT Mentees (EU-funded project aiming to empower a new generation of young African and European women to lead the Global Sport for All Movement) who will share their first-hand experiences. The aim of the Workshop is to not only provide learnings, knowledge and experience sharing opportunities, but also practical solutions and recommendations on how to empower girls and women in Sport for All.
Workshop Speakers:
Wendy Gillett, TAFISA Special Advisor for Oceania
Wendy Gillett joined Bluearth Foundation as CEO in January 2013 and went on to become a Strategic Advisor for the Board in late 2018. She has had a diverse career working across education, health, community services and sport and recreation however the themes across all settings has been to deliver system change and improve outcomes. She has won public sector awards for her work in sport and recreation and industry awards in community services. She is a strong advocate for women and girls in all spheres of life, and is passionate about the transformative power of sport, recreation and physical activity. She is also a Board member of the Kids Thrive - an arts based social change organisation, a founding member of the Women's International Stone Alliance and TAFISA Special Advisor for Oceania.
Julia Tappendorf, ITTF Foundation – Global Programmes and Operations Coordinator
Julia Tappendorf has been working as Global Programmes and Operations Coordinator at ITTF Foundation since 2019. Beforehand, she's worked at the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace and was a Research Assistant at the Faculty of Sport Sciences of the University of Leipzig.
Mariette Brethouwer, Made to Play Director, Social & Community Impact, Nike EMEA
Mariette has spent the last 12 years of her career working on Social impact with much joy– in both non-profit and corporate roles. She joined Nike’s Social & Community Impact team in 2016 to grow the EMEA partnerships portfolio and is currently the Director for Made to Play, Nike’s commitment to getting all kids active. Within the EMEA team, she is also responsible for the Girls strategy to increase participation and visibility of all girls on and off the pitch. She is a member of the Women of EMEA network and proudly calls herself an intersectional feminist.
Tinka Leskovec, Phumlile Ndzinisa, Kaija Ruck, Onalenna Tsae, Female Leaders of Tomorrow (FLOT) Project
Female Leaders of Tomorrow (FLOT) aims to equip and empower a new generation of young African and European women who are currently working (or volunteering) in Sport for All with the necessary skills, knowledge, experience and guidance to lead the Global Sport for All Movement. Through a comprehensive global mobility and mentoring programme, the participants will strengthen their future employability and enhance their personal and professional development through the acquisition of new skills, knowledge and experience gained through nonformal education and time spent in foreign countries. Visit the project's website for more information.
Moderator:
Keri McDonald, TAFISA Business Development and Fundraising Manager
With over a decade of experience in Sport for All as a coach, volunteer, programme and event coordinator and project manager, Keri is presently employed as the Business Development and Fundraising Manager for TAFISA. As well as completing a Bachelor of Arts (Sport Management) and Master of Science (Sport Policy, Management and International Development), Keri has worked across the public, not for profit and educational sector in the UK and Australia to increase sport and physical activity opportunities for all citizens, with a strong emphasis on marginalised groups and vulnerable populations. Keri is also a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh investigating the evolvement of Sport for Development and Peace in the South African context.
This Workshop will be the first from our TAFISA Mission 2030 Workshop Series; a series of 12 Workshops tackling the 12 themes of TAFISA Mission 2030.
To register for the Workshop CLICK HERE!
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