{"id":2619,"date":"2019-12-10T12:57:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T01:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iwgwomenandsport.org\/?p=2619"},"modified":"2020-01-17T16:58:36","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T05:58:36","slug":"former-iwg-sec-wins-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/ar\/former-iwg-sec-wins-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Former IWG Secretary General Wins Gender Equity Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Secretary General of the National Council of Women of Finland, Terhi Heinil\u00e4, has been recognised for her significant contribution to promoting gender equality in sport. The annual award from Finland\u2019s Ministry of Education and Culture, known as the \u201cSpikes Prize\u201d, was awarded to Heinil\u00e4 in November.<\/span><\/p>\n

The annual award\u2019s name in Finnish \u2013 \u201dPiikkarit\u201d \u2013 stands for both high heel shoes and track spikes, and was awarded for a recent project led by the National Council of Women of Finland and the Council for Gender Equality. The project challenged the Football Association of Finland (FAF) and Finland\u2019s national public service broadcasting company Yleisradio Oy (YLE), to actively promote gender equality. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result, the FAF also made equal contracts for women\u2019s and men\u2019s national teams in autumn 2019. YLE increased the percentage of women in sport news, including ensuring the broadcasting of national team sports was gender equal. YLE also broadcasted the women\u2019s Football and Ice Hockey World Championships in 2019 at the same level with men\u2019s games including studios, experts, interviews and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTo be able to achieve gender equity in sports, those at the highest level have to commit to gender equality and change its leading processes and structures. Sport organisations need to have the courage to continuously produce actions to improve equality and increase diversity in sports,\u201d Heinil\u00e4 said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Heinil\u00e4 has been an active role model for gender equity in sports for decades, especially internationally. She served as Secretary General for the International Working Group for Women & Sport (IWG) in 2010 to 2014, and was previously Director of International Relations for the Finnish Sports Federation up until 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n

As current Secretary General of the National Council of Women of Finland, she leads a team operating as a co-operative forum for Finnish women\u2019s organisations that promote gender equality. Currently, the Council consists of 60 member organisations which include 400,000 members, mostly women. Together, they focus on advancing and promoting women\u2019s rights and gender equality, as well as women\u2019s and girls\u2019 human rights.<\/span><\/p>\n

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About the Spikes Prize<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

The Spikes Prize is awarded each year for merits in promoting gender equality and plurality in sport. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is awarded to an association, group, project or person operating in Finland on a permanent basis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The criteria for the prize in 2019 are: \u2018Actions that have led to increased opportunities for women to proceed to leading positions, significant work in promoting gender equality nationally and internationally, challenging the stereotypical norms and perceptions of gender as well as visibly promoting and achieving actual results in promoting gender equality.\u2019 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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