Global Observatory for Gender Equality & Sport

Exhibition Wraps Up in Johannesburg South Africa.

Southern African activists, advocates, academics, and government leaders from the world of sport, education, health, the private sector, social justice, and women’s rights convened to launch the groundbreaking “Overpower. Overtake. Overcome: A Visual Tribute to Women & Sport” exhibition at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg.
The event featured a keynote address from Deputy Minister Mmapaseka Steve Letsike of the Department of Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities. Deputy Minister Letsike was joined by prominent women’s rights advocates, health advocates, athletes, and sports personalities.

The event included two significant panel discussions exploring the intersection of gender, race, media, and sports. Panellists, including the indomitable Desiree Ellis, Coach of the South African National Women’s Football Team, emphasized the critical yet often untapped potential of physical education, physical activity, and sport (PEPAS) in advancing women's health, rights, and empowerment.

The exhibition's impact extended beyond Johannesburg, with plans for displays in Geneva and Dakar later in the year. The top 20 winning photos are available in a virtual exhibition accessible globally, allowing people worldwide to engage with the powerful narratives and foster a global dialogue on gender equality in sports.
The Johannesburg exhibition provided a springboard to amplify the call and spark off a global movement dedicated to overcoming obstacles and celebrating the triumphs of women in sports.

To read more follow the link below:

https://genderequalitysport.org/global-observatory-events/

Congratulations to our WINNERS!

OVERPOWER. OVERTAKE. OVERCOME.
A Visual Tribute to Women & Sport

INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION!

We are thrilled to announce the winners and runners-up of the Global Observatory for Gender Equality and Sport photo competition, in partnership with UNESCO, UN Women, the Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR), the MTV Staying Alive Foundation, the Sports for Social Change Network Africa, and Bobbi Brown.

This competition, which highlights the empowerment of women and girls in all their diversity through physical activity, physical education, and sport (PEPAS), received over 130 inspiring submissions from around the world.

We hope you will be equally inspired by these powerful and poignant images and stories!

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED!

Visit our website to view our winners:

https://genderequalitysport.org/competition/

BIG announcement coming tomorrow!

WATCH THIS SPACE. We can't wait to show you who's come onboard.

Stay tuned and keep entering the photo competition.

Follow the link: https://competition.genderequalitysport.org/

Online entries close: 15 June 2024

ENTRY DATE EXTENDED! 15 JUNE 2024

MORE TIME TO SUBMIT YOUR BEST PHOTO.

We’ve heard your requests, and we are extending the deadline for our international photo competition to the 15th of June 2024.

Calling all professional and amateur photographers.

We want to celebrate women and girls in sport from all walks of life.

Send us a picture that best showcases either the struggles OR successes of women and girls in sport and you might stand a chance to win a cash prize and your photo could be featured at several exhibitions around the world.

Follow the link: https://competition.genderequalitysport.org/ to enter the photo competition.

Put a spotlight on women and girls in sport by telling your story through a powerful photo.

Online entries close: 15 June 2024

ENTER AND STAND A CHANCE TO WIN A CASH PRIZE!

Follow the link: https://competition.genderequalitysport.org/ to enter our international photo competition.

We want to celebrate women and girls in sport from all walks of life and tell their stories of struggle and success.

We are calling on all professional and amateur photographers around the world to enter the photo competition.

Do you have a photo that tells a story of the struggles or successes of women in sport?

Put a spotlight on women and girls in sport by telling your story through a powerful photo.

Online entries close: 06 June 2024

HOW TO ENTER.

Follow the link: https://competition.genderequalitysport.org/

Read through the rules and regulations.

Fill out the entry form online and submit your 1 or maximum 2 favorite photos by uploading them to the form. Images may not be larger than 10 MB.

Give your photo a title and share a write-up of no more than 200 words that describes the message behind the image or sharing a personal experience.

The winning photos for the public exhibition in Paris, Johannesburg, Dakar and Geneva will be selected by our panel of Judges.

Winners will be announced and contacted by the 1st of July 2024.

Online entries close: 06 June 2024

PHOTO COMPETITION.

Enter now and help us put a spotlight on all women and girls in sport!

We want your photos of global women and real women. Photos of female role models from rural fields, school playgrounds and refugee camps to elite sport stadiums. Women who are challenging the status quo, levelling out the playing fields and pushing for a transformation.

Do you have a photo that can help us tell this story?

Submit your favorite photos through the Global Observatory’s Website and stand a chance to win cash and have your photo be exhibited internationally.

Follow the link below for more details and enter our photography competition online.

https://competition.genderequalitysport.org/

Online entries close: 06 June 2024

ENTER YOUR BEST PHOTOS NOW!

We want to celebrate women and girls in sport in all their diversity, striving to overpower stereotypes, overtake obstacles and overcome barriers across all walks of life.

We are calling on all professional and amateur photographers around the world to enter our photo competition.

Do you have a photo that tells a story of the struggles or successes of women in sport?

Follow the link below for more details and enter the photography competition online. Stand a chance to walk away with a cash prize and the opportunity for your photo to be exhibited in Geneva, Dakar, Johannesburg and Paris.

https://competition.genderequalitysport.org/

Online entries close: 06 June 2024

To mark the Paris 2024 Olympic and beyond, the Global Observatory for Gender Equality & Sport, UNESCO, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), UN Women, UNAIDS, MTV Staying Alive Foundation, Sport for Social Change Network Africa and Bobbi Brown are teaming up to organize a powerful globally travelling photo exhibition:

“OVERPOWER. OVERTAKE. OVERCOME: A VISUAL TRIBUTE TO WOMEN & SPORT.”

The winning photographs, depicting the strife and the triumphs of women and girls, harnessing the power and potential of physical education, physical activity and sport (PEPAS) to advance their health, rights and empowerment, will be travelling around the world and be showcased in prestigious locations including art galleries, selected museums, UN offices in Geneva, Dakar, Johannesburg and Paris, and many more places during Paris 2024 and beyond.

The competition is open to all, professional and amateur photographers, regardless of age, gender, or nationality.

Follow the link below for more details and enter our photography competition online.

https://competition.genderequalitysport.org/

Online entries close: 06 June 2024