{"id":3612,"date":"2020-12-04T10:42:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T23:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iwgwomenandsport.org\/?p=3612"},"modified":"2021-04-26T12:52:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T02:52:55","slug":"chinese-taipei-adds-28-signatures-to-brighton-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/es\/chinese-taipei-adds-28-signatures-to-brighton-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: Chinese-Taipei adds 28 signatures to Brighton Declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"

IWG Co-Chair, Raewyn Lovett, congratulates this significant commitment to gender equality in sport in Taiwan.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

On 23 November 2020, in Taipei, the Chinese-Taipei Olympic Committee re-signed the \u201cBrighton plus Helsinki 2014 Declaration on Women and Sport<\/a>\u201d and supported a total of 28 local organisations to sign and commit to the 10 principles of gender equality in sport and physical activity. This included the re-signing of Chinese Taipei Baseball Association and Chinese Taipei Softball Association, along with 25 new signatories.<\/span><\/p>\n

The signing ceremony was co-hosted by the Director-General of Sports Administration, Minister of Education, Dr. Shao-Hsi Chang<\/strong>, and the President of the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee, Mr. Hong-Dow Lin<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n

IWG Global Executive – Asia Representative, Dr. Etsuko Ogasawara<\/a>, and IMGA CEO, Mr. Jens V. Holm<\/strong> joined the signing ceremony via video conference, and the IWG Co-Chair, Ms. Raewyn Lovett<\/a> sent congratulatory remarks by a short video message, in wishing Chinese Taipei the coming success on working with all member associations to pursue a more equal sports environment (see see video below).<\/span><\/p>\n