Organisers

The conference 'Gender Equity in Sport for Social Change' Casablanca, May 19-22, 2007, was initiated by Nike and organised by:

  • AMSD represented by Nawal El Moutawakel
  • Mama Cash represented by Naima Moussati
  • NCDO represented by Tessa Kocken
  • Nike represented by Maria Bobenrieth
  • SAD represented by Marianne Meier
  • Women Win represented by Astrid Aafjes

About the organisers

  • Nike is an active advocate of women in sport and prioritizes gender equity in its corporate responsibility strategy (www.nikeresponsibility.com).
  • Nawal el Moutawakel, the first North African and Muslim woman to win Olympic gold and current member of the IOC, has made part of her post Olympic legacy supporting gender equity and development through sport via her organisation Association Marocaine Sport & Développement (AMSD) (www.amsd.ma).
  • Women Win is the first global women's fund that supports sports activities to empower women and girls (www.womenwin.org).

About the organisers

  • Mama Cash, the first international women's fund in the world, based in the Netherlands, supports pioneering and groundbreaking women's rights initiatives worldwide. Following on her experience in supporting women's sport for social change in the Netherlands, Mama Cash, with support from Nike, is now also focusing on sport for gender equity internationally (www.mamacash.org).
  • The Swiss Academy for Development (SAD) is dedicated to the question of how societies handle social change and cultural diversity (www.sad.ch). SAD is host to the International internet Platform Sport for Development, an information resource and communication centre and dedicated entirely to Sport & Development.
  • NCDO (The Dutch National Committee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development - www.ncdo.nl) strengthens and highlights public support for in-ternational cooperation and sustainable development and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Within the NCDO sport program, the focus is to support sport as a tool for the realization of development goals and social change.