What is Safeguarding in Sports
“Endless effort to ensure athletes practice sport in a safe and healthy sporting environment, free from any possible abuse or harassment”
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Non accidental Violence (NAV)
The cultural context of harassment and abuse is rooted in discrimination based on power differentials across a range of social and personal factors.
NAV is consisted with 4 different forms including psychological abuse, neglect, physical violence, and sexual violence.
Perpetrators use a range of interpersonal mechanisms including contact, non-contact/verbal, cyber-based, negligence, bullying and hazing.
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Impact of Non accidental Violence
NAV has serious negative impacts on athletes' physical, social and psychological health which can be long term and extremely damaging.
In a highly empathic sporting environment, these negative impact extends to affect even the community and organization.
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Legal Jurisdiction
UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs)
UN Convention of the Rights of the Child
IOC Agenda 2020+5
IOC Athlete's declaration
IOC Consensus Statement: Harassment and abuse in Sports 2016
FIFA “Vision 2023”
FIFA Statutes, Art 3, FIFA Code of Ethics, Art 23
and many more....
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What we can provide
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Education Program, awareness workshops
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Consulting policy drafting, implementation of measures and action plans
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Review of current safeguarding policies and procedures
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Conduct research and surveys
