Sports equity: a new BJSM e-Edition brings the fundamentals back into focus

Tuakli‐Wosornu, Yetsa A.; Zondi, Phathokuhle Cele; Knudson, Gail; Tsukahara, Yuka; Chatziefstathiou, D.; Tweedy, Sean M.; Thornton, Jane S

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2021-104874

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“…Sport ‘done well’ can be one of the greatest global promoters of human rights ( International Olympic Committee, 2020 ; Tuakli-Wosornu et al, 2021 ). The Olympic Charter underlines this point by stating, “the practice of sport is a human right.…”

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“…For athlete protections, Brackenridge argues that within sport is the most appropriate way to protect athletes because there is no ‘mission creep’ from partners. When the MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements began, sport needed to address the relationship between social activism and sport ( Tuakli-Wosornu et al, 2021 ). They both have an impact on safety and security issues for athletes.…”

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Safeguarding Reimagined: Centering Athletes’ Rights and Repositioning Para Sport to Chart a New Path

Tuakli‐Wosornu

Kirby

2022

Front. Psychol.

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ObjectivesPara sport has much to teach the broader sports world about safeguarding and athlete protections. By centering athletes’ human rights and underlining the rights-based philosophical underpinnings of the Paralympic Movement, we outline how sport can be safer to all players, coaches, and other participants.MethodsWe address global Human Rights conventions and their application to Para and non-disabled sport. Safe Sport is positioned as a matter of human rights. The nature of interpersonal violence that human beings experience within and outside sport is discussed. The intersectionality of vulnerable identities (related to gender, sexuality, disability, ethnicity, etc.) is reviewed in some detail.ResultsRights violations in Para and non-disabled sport illustrate both individual and organizational vulnerabilities. Individual- and organizational-level drivers of abuse, as well as various modes and types of abuse observed in Para sport, are relevant in all sport settings and should be centered in global sport safeguarding work. The rights-based core of Para and similar sports movements, exemplifies this.ConclusionFrom a Para-informed vantage point, we issue a call to action, where interpersonal violence in sport is reduced by leveraging relevant elements of the Paralympic Movement. This call asks all sport participants to reject a purely capitalist approach to sport and follow a Para sport paradigm; which embodies human achievement (including sporting success), reflects human rights and inherent human dignity, and requires a higher standard of behaviour.

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Safeguarding Reimagined: Centering Athletes’ Rights and Repositioning Para Sport to Chart a New Path

Tuakli‐Wosornu

Kirby

2022

Front. Psychol.

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“…For sport, recognition includes taking a definitive step away from the often-entrenched habit of assuming gain from pain and ‘explaining away’ otherwise unacceptable displays of interpersonal and collective violence as part a ‘normal’ part of sport culture ( David, 1998 , 2004 ; Hartill et al, 2021 ). Sport needs to become – or return to, a more inclusive, and overall more respectful and dignified space ( David, 2004 ; Tuakli-Wosornu et al 2021a , b ; Tuakli-Wosornu and Kirby, 2022 ). Recognition is a major tool in the toolbox for child protection and safeguarding in youth sport.…”

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The journey to reporting child protection violations in sport: Stakeholder perspectives

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Sport is a context within which human and children’s rights should be respected, promoted, and protected. Yet, research and high-profile cases demonstrate that this is not always the case. To understand the existence (or not) of reporting mechanisms for child protection violations in sport, as well as how existing reporting and response systems operate, the authors, with the support of the Centre for Sport and Human Rights, conducted research on current abuse disclosure and reporting pathways in sport. The purpose was two-fold: to describe global child protection systems and reporting mechanisms, and to identify major areas of stakeholder concern, in terms of effective case resolution, healing, and children’s experiences along reporting pathways in sport. Two sources of evidence were tapped. First, a rapid evidence assessment consisting of a literature review and an exploratory survey with 112 global stakeholders was conducted. Second, focus group interviews informed by the evidence assessment were held with nine athletes with lived experiences of abuse in youth sport and 13 global human and children’s rights experts primarily working outside of sport. Through this emergent research, a ‘pathway’ or ‘journey’ to incident reporting in sport was developed, summarized as 5 ‘Rs’: Readiness, Recognition, disclosure and Reporting, Response, and Remedy, which are similar but not identical to existing trauma frameworks. Each stage of the reporting journey appears to be influenced by a range of contextual, organizational, relational, and individual factors. All told, the disclosure of child protection violations in sport is a complex and dynamic process where myriad factors interact to influence outcomes, including healing. Key recommendations include: (a) establishing a global Safety Net Environment in sport practice with varying applications from region to region, (b) building bridges with specific partner organizations to enhance child protection and safeguarding work in sport and (c) bringing safeguarding to unregulated sporting environments.

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“…8 To date, studies that aim to understand the factors that contribute to the very low rates of participation and scientific neglect of people with CP&HSN have not been conducted but are required if these inequities are to be addressed. 10 Our experience running the ParaSTART programme led us to posit that one contributing factor may be that, compared with the general population, the time cost associated with physical activity participation is high for people with CP&HSN.…”

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Time cost associated with sports participation for athletes with high support needs: a time-motion analysis of tasks required for para swimming

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Curran

Donohoe

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BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med

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ObjectivesPeople with cerebral palsy and high support needs (CP&HSN) are profoundly inactive but also under-represented in studies evaluating physical activity interventions. Reasons for their exclusion have not been evaluated. We hypothesised that CP&HSN would be associated with high time costs of preparatory activities (eg, getting dressed/undressed), possibly contributing to low participation and under-representation. Accordingly, this pilot study aimed to: (1) evaluate whether the time required for preparatory activities was extremely different (≥3 SD) between swimmers with and without CP&HSN; and (2) provide a qualitative indication of the preparatory tasks undertaken by swimmers with CP&HSN.MethodsEach of three experienced (5 years) para swimmers with CP&HSN and 20 non-disabled swimmers were timed entering and then exiting the pool on three occasions. Mean entry and exit time for each para swimmer was compared with the group mean for non-disabled swimmers, and differences of greater than 3.0 SD were considered extreme. A qualitative description of the tasks completed by the para swimmers was recorded.ResultsThe differences in time costs between para and non-disabled swimmers met the criterion of extreme. Pool entry times for para swimmers were 8–13 times greater (Effect size = 4.1–8.7). Pool exit times were 6–10 times greater (ES=7.0–9.5). 90% of tasks completed by para swimmers required personal assistance or wheeled mobility.ConclusionsThis pilot study suggests that, compared with non-disabled swimmers, time costs for preparation to commence or depart training are extremely high for swimmers with CP&HSN. Further research is required to evaluate the veracity of these findings.

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Sports equity: a new BJSM e-Edition brings the fundamentals back into focus

Cited by 10 publications

References 9 publications

Safeguarding Reimagined: Centering Athletes’ Rights and Repositioning Para Sport to Chart a New Path

Safeguarding Reimagined: Centering Athletes’ Rights and Repositioning Para Sport to Chart a New Path

The journey to reporting child protection violations in sport: Stakeholder perspectives

Time cost associated with sports participation for athletes with high support needs: a time-motion analysis of tasks required for para swimming

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