{"id":128,"date":"2018-05-03T19:31:38","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T19:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d12163403.u51.c10.heinstant.com\/sport\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2018-05-04T19:30:39","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T19:30:39","slug":"objectives-and-structure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/index.php\/objectives-and-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"Objectives and Structure"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Our Objectives Include:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>identifying and promoting issues of importance<\/li>\n<li>serving as an international advocacy group<\/li>\n<li>providing support for individuals or groups working to promote positive change<\/li>\n<li>producing and\/or disseminating educational materials and other information relevant to increasing opportunities or improving the experience of girls and women in sport and physical activity<\/li>\n<li>working with international sports governing bodies and other organizations to promote the greatest possible participation of girls and women in sport and physical activity at all levels of involvement<\/li>\n<li>operating as a clearing house for sharing research, information, ideas and good practices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>identifying issues of importance to women and girls and physical activity<\/li>\n<li>developing networks and avenues of communication between member groups and countries<\/li>\n<li>working with specific sports governing bodies and other groups in order to promote greater involvement of women and girls in sport at all levels of participation<\/li>\n<li>promoting research into problems and issues relating to the female athlete<\/li>\n<li>serving as an advocacy group promoting greater opportunities for women and girls in sport and physical activity<\/li>\n<li>developing networks for sharing information and exchanging ideas and practices<\/li>\n<li>recommending, or where appropriate, designing and implementing strategies for change<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Structure of WomenSport International<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>an Executive Committee<\/li>\n<li>an Advisory Board representing the international membership and composed of individuals known for their expertise and interest in and their support of women in sports and physical activity<\/li>\n<li>Standing Committees with responsibility for the ongoing work of WSI<\/li>\n<li>Task Forces convened for the purpose of dealing with specific issues and composed of members with the appropriate expertise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Objectives Include: identifying and promoting issues of importance serving as an international advocacy group providing support for individuals or groups working to promote positive change producing and\/or disseminating educational materials and other information relevant to increasing opportunities or improving the experience of girls and women in sport and physical activity working with international sports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174,"href":"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions\/174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}