by Peace and Sport | Jun 1, 2023 | Watch
“While sport is recognized as a beneficial practice for society as a whole, there are still very few girls and women taking part in sporting activities at the international level. In Africa, only 16% of women are sufficiently physically active, compared with 25% of...
by Peace and Sport | Apr 26, 2023 | Watch
Her Excellency Isabelle Picco is Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Monaco to the United Nations and Co-Chair of the Group of Friends of Sport for Development and Peace (GASDP). Her commitment as co-chair of the Group since 2010 makes the Mission of Monaco a...
by Peace and Sport | Mar 8, 2023 | Watch
The Committee for the Promotion and Protection of Women’s Rights in Monaco is responsible for coordinating public policies to promote equality between women and men and to combat violence and discrimination against women. For International Women’s Rights...
by Peace and Sport | Aug 2, 2022 | Watch
Chance has nothing to do with it. In the recent months, the name of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has been associated in two occasions with the refugee crisis. The first being last fall, after the fall of Kabul by the Taliban. Then during the spring, after...
by Peace and Sport | May 16, 2022 | Watch
“Make no mistake. The conflict in Ukraine could mark a turning point for the international sports movement. It will go down in history. For the first time, sports governing bodies have massively abandoned their sacrosanct principle of political neutrality. The IOC led...
by Peace and Sport | Feb 23, 2022 | Watch
“I don’t think I’ve ever felt such an Olympic spirit from athletes at any Games”. This quote is from Thomas Bach. An expert on the subject, he won the gold medal in fencing in Montreal in 1976 and he has been a constant figure in the Olympic universe for almost half a...