SVGTA Celebrates Womens Day
SVG Basketball Federation
SVG Netball
Happy International Women’s Day from SVG Netball Association. Women continue to be strong
The SVGRugby Union Celebrates Womens Day
Happy International Women’s Day. 💜🏉 Today, we celebrate the strength, resilience, and leadership of women in rugby and across Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Women continue to grow the game.As players. Coaches. Referees. Administrators. Leaders. Your dedication is building a stronger future for rugby. SVG Rugby Union remains committed to creating opportunities for women and […]
Happy International Women’s Day
CELEBRATING CARIBBEAN WOMEN IN SPORT While gender equity in and through sport is the ultimate goal of all of us in the Olympic Movement, as Caribbean people we understand only too well, the importance of educating, developing and celebrating our girls and women every day of every year as part of our culture. It is […]
New initiative for our female athletes
Saturday last witnessed the commencement of a new initiative in sport in this country. The St Vincent and the Grenadines Olympic Committee (SVGOC) and Soroptomist International St Vincent and the Grenadines (SISVG), officially launched a programme entitled, Empowering Our Female Athletes. The initiative came after several months of discussions on the situation in St Vincent […]
Women’s Cricket in the Caribbean
St Vincent and the Grenadines recently played host to three T20 matches between the women’s cricket teams of the West Indies and New Zealand. This came against the backdrop of the regional team having humbled the Kiwis in the One Day International (ODI) series in St Kitts and Nevis.
Women’s involvement and empowerment through sport – Part III
This is the third part of a three-part Column examining the issue of girls’ and women’s involvement and empowerment through physical activity with emphasis on sport.
Women’s involvement and empowerment through sport – Part II
In the Column carried last week, we began a discussion on the decline in women’s participation in physical activity, especially sport. In this week’s Column, we analyse some of the factors deemed to influence the participation of girls and women in physical activity across the world and more particularly, in the Caribbean.
Women’s involvement and empowerment through sport
A study by the World Health organisation (WHO), Girls’ Participation in Physical Activities and Sports: Benefits, Patterns, Influences and Ways Forward (R. Bailey, I. Wellard and H. Dismore, Centre for Physical Education and Sport Research), makes the following point, There is an international consensus that participation in physical activities can offer a great deal to […]