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06:44

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Carmen Pekkarinen

07:53

Thank you Alex and Sarah!

Linn Bylund

08:05

has the program started? nothing is apperaing on my screen

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08:07

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Tommy Lindgren

08:07

Excellent discussion on transgender participation. Thank you, Sarah Townsend, Alex Oksanen, Gabriel Airaksinen & Joanna Harper!

Carmen Pekkarinen

08:17

At least as a foreign-born coach here in Finland, I am happy about the amalgamation of the sports organizations in this country. We have some good resources for new coaches these days, including the Vastuullinen valmentaja course, the anti-doping course and information about Fair Play. And yes, we need to do more. We especially need more women in the coaching ranks.

Carmen Pekkarinen

08:24

I am also grateful that the Finnish Olympic Committee issues a feedback survey on the national level for all clubs in all sports in order to get feedback from players and parents. At least from my point of view, this has resulted in action that was needed.

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08:30

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Satu Ruuskanen

08:31

Thank you Sini, important things!

Maija Innanen

08:31

Good discussion. Great Sini Pyy, ❤️

Lotta Nylund

08:32

Great thoughts Sini! Thank you to for your courage !

Heidi Pekkola

08:43

Very good contribution, Sini Pyy!

Janina Sjöstrand

09:04

How can we ensure and promote leadership on the grass root level in sport clubs, where the trainers often might have very different backgrounds, values, attitudes, education aso?

Janina Sjöstrand

09:12

In our (partners: FSI, Humak UAS, sportclub Åifk and Red Cross) we are educating the trainers, volunteers and members of the steering group of sport clubs in valuing diversity

Janina Sjöstrand

09:16

Here you can read more about our project, where we promote young refugee and immigrants participation in sports: https://idrott.fi/wellcome-in-english/

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09:38

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TURAY H AMINATA

09:49

THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION,NEVER MIND I CAME LATER

Carmen Pekkarinen

10:41

Women's sport coverage = You can't be it if you can't see it!

Tommy Lindgren

11:04

Measuring the value or importance of women's sport strictly based on current interest (ie. deciding what to cover in the media depending on current public interest, how many people go to matches, what the ratings are) neglects much of the historical sporting context. In a number of different sports, women have not had a level playing field for decades. Promoting gender equality sometimes still requires active work to bring women's sports to the forefront, regardless of their current popularity or the amount of money invested.

Katri Jalonen

11:49

Thank you Val for your presentation! It was very eye-opening. However, there was a very binary lens on gender in this presentation. A clear lack of "self reflection" as 21 US states specifically exclude transwomen and girls from participating in sports consistent with their gender identity (The New York Times, June 2023). I'd say this is not in line with title IX... "The Biden administration put forth a proposal earlier this month that would forbid schools and colleges from enacting bans on transgender athletes in sports team." (The Guardian, April 2023). The title of this speech was hence a bit misleading.

Maija Innanen

11:59

Thanks a lot Henrika co Group - well done 💗

Leena Laine

11:59

Thank you very much for the great and giving meeting!

Heidi Pekkola

12:00

Big thank you and hats off to the organisers! Excellent job!

Let’s be better: Changing the culture of sport – Leadership, diversity and gender in sport 19.9.23

10:00 GRAND OPENING

Sandra Bergqvist, Minister of Youth, Sport and Physical Activity, Member of Parliament

Saara-Sofia Sirén, President of the National Council of Women of Finland

Susan Bridenstine, Public Affairs Officer at U.S. Embassy in Finland Gunvor Kronman, CEO, Swedish-Finnish Cultural Foundation Hanaholmen

10:15 TOWARDS MORE GENDER EQUALITY IN SPORT – Transgender participation

Joanna Harper, researcher in transgender in sport and adviser to the IOC on matters of gender and sport

Sarah Townsend, Vice President of European Lesbian and Gay Sports Federation

Alex Oksanen, expert in transgender sport, former athlete

The discussion is led by Gabriel Airaksinen

10:45 SAFEGUARDING – Tackling harassment and abuse in sport

Dr Kari Fasting, professor emerita at the Department of Sport and Social Sciences, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences

Discussion

Taina Susiluoto, General Secretary of the Finnish Olympic Committee

Matti Heikkinen, Director, High Performance Unit, Finnish Olympic Committee

Teemu Japisson, General Secretary of FINCIS (Finnish Center for Integrity in Sports)

The word of an athlete

Sini Pyy, Finnish Para Nordic skier

11:20-11:30 BREAK

11:30 INTRODUCTION TO MODERN LEADERSHIP – Leadership today and tomorrow

Janne Tienari, professor of management and organisation at Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki

Discussion

Henrika Backlund, General Secretary of Finlands Svenska Idrott, Swedish Sportsorganisation in Finland

Riikka Pakarinen, President of Finnish Athletics Federation

Sari Rautio, President of The Finnish Paralympic Committee

Stefan Bergh, President of the European Non-Governmental Sports Organisation (ENGSO)

The word of an athlete

Lotta Schelin, Swedish former professional footballer

12:30 LUNCH BREAK

13:30 DANCE SHOW

13:45 MEDIA COVERAGE - How to improve diversity in sports coverage

Elsa Arapi, Senior Sports Rights Manager, Women in Sport Project Lead at EBU

Joose Palonen, Head of Sport, Yle

Filip Saxén, Chief of Sports Journalism, Hufvudstadsbladet

VIDEO CLIP

Heli Romu, Sports Coordinator at Finnish Deaf Sports Federation

14:15 U.S. EMBASSY IN FINLAND REPRESENTS SPORT CULTURE AND DIVERSITY ISSUES IN THE USA

"The Path Forward: Advancing Gender Equality through the Power of Sports"

Val Ackerman, Commissioner of the BIG EAST Conference, The founding President of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA)

14:50-15:00 CLOSING WORDS

Birgitta Kervinen, IOC Women and Sport World Trophy Winner

Terhi Heinilä, member of the EU High Level Group on Gender Equality in Sport 2021-2022

Henrika Backlund, General Secretary of Finlands Svenska Idrott, Swedish Sportsorganisation in Finland

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