{"id":4435,"date":"2021-04-15T15:06:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T05:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iwgwomenandsport.org\/?p=4435"},"modified":"2021-07-20T07:52:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T21:52:12","slug":"news-iwg-welcomes-the-camogie-association-to-brighton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/news-iwg-welcomes-the-camogie-association-to-brighton\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: IWG Welcomes The Camogie Association to Brighton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In one of her final acts as President Uachtar\u00e1n, Kathleen Woods signs <a href=\"https:\/\/iwgwomenandsport.org\/brighton-declaration\/\" rel=\"\">Brighton plus Helsinki 2014 Declaration on Women and Sport<\/a> on behalf of the Camogie Association. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the signature was completed remotely with a virtual event to commemorate the agreement officially.\u202f\u202f <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=205552044707622\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kathleen Woods passed over the presidential badge<\/a> at Congress in April but leaves the Association with a lasting commitment to providing gender equality for women and sport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4436\" src=\"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/310321-IWG-The-Camogie-Association-Image-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/310321-IWG-The-Camogie-Association-Image-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/310321-IWG-The-Camogie-Association-Image-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/310321-IWG-The-Camogie-Association-Image-37x50.jpg 37w, https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/310321-IWG-The-Camogie-Association-Image-22x30.jpg 22w, https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/310321-IWG-The-Camogie-Association-Image-74x100.jpg 74w, https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/310321-IWG-The-Camogie-Association-Image-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/310321-IWG-The-Camogie-Association-Image-149x200.jpg 149w, https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/310321-IWG-The-Camogie-Association-Image-82x110.jpg 82w, https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/310321-IWG-The-Camogie-Association-Image-62x83.jpg 62w, https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/310321-IWG-The-Camogie-Association-Image.jpg 762w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Speaking about the signed agreement,\u202fUachtar\u00e1n\u202fKathleen Woods said:\u202f\u202f <\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cOn behalf of the Camogie Association, I am delighted that we have signed up to endorse the aims of the Brighton Plus Helsinki 2014 Declaration on Women and Sport.\u202f\u202f <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cThis declaration aims to promote, endorse and improve the quality of every aspect associated with female involvement in sport and as an Association, it is something we also strive for.\u202f <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">We have seen a massive improvement in recent years, but we know that there is still a long way to go. By signing this agreement, we are showing our support to our members that we will continue to endorse the aims and ethos of both our Association and the declaration we have committed to.\u202f <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">We would like to thank the International Women\u2019s Group on Women in Sport for their assistance with signing this agreement, and we look forward to their support in the future.\u201d\u202f <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">IWG Secretary General, Rachel Froggatt said:\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cThe Brighton Declaration continues to provide a roadmap toward gender equality in sport and physical activity globally.\u00a0 The IWG is delighted to welcome the Camogie Association into a signatory group that now features nearly 600 organisations worldwide.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Camogie is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played worldwide, largely among Irish communities. Dublin-based Camogie Association was founded in 1904 and is the national organisation that administers, legislates and promotes the game of The Association is the national organisation that administers, legislates and promotes the game of Camogie. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Learn more about The Association and its history<a href=\"https:\/\/camogie.ie\/history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In one of her final acts as President Uachtar\u00e1n, Kathleen Woods signs Brighton plus Helsinki 2014 Declaration on Women and Sport on behalf of the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/news-iwg-welcomes-the-camogie-association-to-brighton\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4435"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4440,"href":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435\/revisions\/4440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}