Gender-based and sexual violence in sport: a relentless fight

On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, November 25, Gil Avérous, Minister of Sports, and Salima Saa, Secretary of State for Gender Equality, published a press release, not to announce new measures, but to ensure that they “strengthen their commitment to the fight against violence in sport”. Concretely, for Gil Avérous, it is a question of continuing the implementation of the prevention plan deployed since 2020. This is based on the control of the good repute of volunteers and professionals in the sporting sector, on the processing of reports of violence by the dedicated unit (“signal-sports”), on the generalization of prevention plans in the federations, and on training (module …