Sat, 10 Jun 2017 09:43:17 +0000 By GRACE CHAILE LESOETSA CAPACITY building of women in sports is a tool that will help them emerge from poverty, ignorance and the culture of silence to the realm of empowerment, freedom and prosperity, says African Union commissioner for social affairs Amira Elfadil. Speaking at an AU capacity building seminar in sport administration and leadership held at Golden Peacock hotel in Lusaka yesterday, Elfadil said that a study through a number of regional, continental and international confederations and sport organisations showed that women were under-represented. She said this was because there have not been policies and strategies in place to encourage women to take up leadership roles in sports organisations. “The study also revealed the discrimination of women and girls in access to sport as athletes and as spectators. “It is against this backdrop that as an effort to address this challenge, the AU in collaboration with the Zambian […]
