Sebastian Coe voices strong support for women empowerment in sports
The chairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games, Sebastian Coe, stated in a conference that took place in Los Angeles that he was in favour of women taking up governance roles in the field of athletics.
Coe was present at the Women and Sports conference that was organised by the International Olympic Committee.
The stance of Coe on women empowerment in sports is also reflected by the fact that females enjoy key positions in the organising committee of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The LOCOG have women as its directors in positions such as director of strategic
programs, director of sport, general counsel and human resources director.
Not only that, the LOCOG supports a total of 3,000 women as its working members. Lord Coe insisted that the presence of women in top governance positions is an essential component for making any institution a success.
Anita DeFrantz, who is the chair of the IOC's Women and Sport Commission along with being an Olympic rower expressed her feelings on the stance take up by Lord Coe on inculcating women to top governance offices, “I'm delighted and I guess I could only
say, 'What took so long?' Indeed for all of us, sport is a birthright. We can all contribute to the world of sport, and we have to have the best minds working on behalf of sport. But I also hope we'll find a way to understand this kind of last barrier that
seems to be in place preventing women from seeking the positions of responsibility.”
The total number of people present at the IOC conference on Women and Sports were 800. All these individuals came to attend the conference from 140 different countries. The conference discussed all the different opportunities available to women in the field
of sports and how they should grasp them in the communities they are living in.
Not only that, practical steps were also discussed that could get women more involved in the field of sports not only in the athletics area but also in the managerial side of the Olympic Games.
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