{"id":5640,"date":"2022-02-04T13:56:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T02:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwgwomenandsport.org\/?p=5640"},"modified":"2022-02-04T13:56:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T02:56:26","slug":"border-update-for-iwg-world-conference-november-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/ar\/border-update-for-iwg-world-conference-november-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Border update for IWG World Conference, November 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Message from IWG Co-Chair Raewyn Lovett ONZM and IWG Secretary General Rachel Froggatt:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Kia ora everyone,<\/span><\/p>\n

On behalf of the IWG Global Executive, we hope you have had a good start to the New Year!<\/span><\/p>\n

In our last update, we announced that the 8th<\/sup> IWG World Conference on Women & Sport would be postponed by 6 months to 14 – 17th<\/sup> November 2022. This decision was made due to ongoing border restrictions, which would have prevented us from welcoming any speakers or participants in-person from outside Aotearoa New Zealand.<\/span><\/p>\n

This week the New Zealand government announced that borders will be fully open by October 2022, the month before the 8th<\/sup> IWG World Conference on Women & Sport. From now the border will open gradually for various visa groups, and by July 2022 it will be open to anyone from Australia and visa-waiver countries<\/a> such as the U.K and many European countries, Canada and the USA, the U.A.E and Qatar, and many Asian countries.<\/span><\/p>\n

This announcement is very exciting and gives us real confidence that we will be able to welcome an incredibly diverse group of participants from all over the world, in-person.<\/span><\/p>\n

While we were waiting for this news, we had continued with our preparations to deliver both a hybrid in-person and virtual experience and a virtual-only experience, as planned. The postponement has allowed us to preserve the vision to create a highly interactive, collaborative and connected event in-person, with an equally vibrant experience online.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since December 2021, we have been consulting with the nearly 250 Presenting Groups originally scheduled to take part in May 2022, and we are delighted to advise that the majority have been able to recommit to November 2022. If you are a Presenter, our conference agency will be contacting you again soon to provide you with next steps.<\/span><\/p>\n

We have also been working toward re-launching registrations – which were paused when the postponement was announced – and preparing some exciting news regarding the Programme. Watch out for announcements on our social media just ahead of UN International Women\u2019s Day, 8 March 2022! \u00a0If you are already a Registered Participant, again, our conference agency will be contacting you soon to reconfirm your plans.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the moment the only way to enter Aotearoa New Zealand is as a New Zealander or on a special visa, via 10 days in government-run Managed Isolation & Quarantine (MIQ) centres.<\/span><\/p>\n

The great news is that over the coming months, MIQ will be removed for most vaccinated travellers and replaced with self-isolation and a testing regime on arrival, as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n