: Indian sport: Empowering more women in coaching roles is the need of the hour #IndiaNEWS In mid-June, the Sports Authority of India issued a set of guidelines for all National Sports Federations to

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Indian sport: Empowering more women in coaching roles is the need of the hour #IndiaNEWS
In mid-June, the Sports Authority of India issued a set of guidelines for all National Sports Federations to follow. These were directives made to the NSFs primarily to ensure the safety of women athletes at all competitions and training camps – be it domestic or international.The press release from SAI came not long after recent incidents where, first a female cyclist and then a sailor complained against inappropriate behaviour by coaches during their respective foreign training camps. These guidelines were primarily brought in place to help promote safety for women athletes – but a welcome run-off is also providing female coaches more exposure and an avenue to increase their own prowess as mentors. “Women Coach to mandatorily accompany the contingent with female athletes during Domestic/International Travel,� read the first, and arguably the most important recommendation.“Increase the strength of women Coaches/Support Staff in National Coaching Camps by respective NSFs,� was the last recommendation.Other changes was the involvement of a male and female ‘compliance’ officer to ensure all guidelines are being handled well, and a pre-camp ‘sanitisation module’ before every foreign sojourn.The changes also come at a time when the national federations of three major sports have come under the control of Committee of Administrators. Nevertheless, these are...Read more

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