Thursday, 25 January 2018

University of Teramo: gender equality in the governance of sports organizations, researcher of the Faculty in the project

TERAMO: – Tiziana Di Cimbrini, researcher of the Faculty of Political Sciences
of the University of Teramo, participates in a study on gender equality in governance
of sports organizations as part of an Erasmus + research project, funded
with 320,000 euros from the European Commission, which involves five European countries.
In fact, the University of Teramo collaborates with four other European universities at the
research project Corporate governance in sport organizations: A gendered
approach (GESPORT) which aims to promote greater participation
women in the governing bodies of federations and sports associations
in line with the Erasmus + Sport program, identifying effective instruments of
promotion of gender balance.
Tiziana Di Cimbrini will participate in the research in collaboration with Luisa Esteban,
study coordinator, University of Zaragoza (Spain); Charlotte Smith, of the
Business School of the University of Leicester (United Kingdom); Emilia Fernandes,
University of Minho (Portugal); Gonca Güngör Göksu, of the Sakarya University
(Turkey).
As part of the project, which started on January 1st and will end on December 31st 2020, yes the first transnational meeting at the University of Zaragoza is already held.
“The Italian legislative system – explained Tiziana Di Cimbrini – compared to that of
other countries, has shown a good sensitivity towards the issue of equality
gender. Just think about how much our Constitution is attentive in this sense, al
our Code of Equal Opportunities between men and women and the introduction of quotas of gender on the boards of companies listed on the stock exchange. This sensitivity,
however, it does not find an adequate response in the world of Italian sport in which, as one recent journalistic investigation has found “women win but do not count”. Studies
concerning the presence of women in the sports centers of government are still very few.
This research project can help women aspiring to a career within
of sports organizations to undermine the male monopoly “.