The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and UN Women have launched the “Gender Equality Through Sport Bridging Project,” a new joint initiative that will use sport to advance gender equality and prevent gender-based violence. The new initiative builds on the longstanding partnership between the two organizations, from which the One Win Leads to Another (OWLA) program was created. The OWLA program stemmed from the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Brazil and was replicated in Argentina as a legacy of the Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018. This flagship program uses sport as a tool to prevent violence against girls and women in Brazil and Argentina. As part of the new Gender Equality Through Sport Bridging Project, the IOC and UN Women will launch a year-long transfer-of-knowledge program, ensuring the exchange of information and experience generated through OWLA in Latin America with South-East Asia and the Pacific. The project will operate within the framework of the IOC’s Olympism365 strategy, which has been designed to strengthen the role of sport as an important enabler for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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