The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and UN Women have embarked on a renewed collaboration aimed at harnessing the transformative power of sport to empower women and girls globally.
The recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between IOC President Thomas Bach and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous marks the continuation of a partnership that began in 2012 and was initially extended in 2017.
IOC President Thomas Bach: Sport has the potential to transform lives, and the extension of our partnership with UN Women will help us to ensure that all women and girls have the opportunity to benefit from this unique power of sport. Our goal is to advance and achieve gender equality in sports.
Sima Bahous, UN Women’s Executive Director, echoed Bach’s sentiment, highlighting sport’s unrivaled ability to combat discrimination and violence against women while advocating for their full participation in leadership and decision-making roles. “There can be no higher goal and no greater win for us all,” she said, “and we are honored to be renewing our partnership with the IOC to work towards this target together.”
