UNESCO convenes Roundtable on Advancing Safe and Inclusive Sport for Girls in India

Participants underscored that coach training must be continuous rather than a one-off endeavour, combining mentorship, rigorous assessment of Master Trainers, and a core curriculum focused on safeguarding, gender-sensitive communication, and reporting mechanisms. They stressed that keeping girls in sport requires a coordinated effort among parents, teachers, school leaders, and local officials — not just coaches.

Haryana’s sports nurseries were cited as a proven model: a community-based, women-led initiative that remunerates coaches and provides stipends to young athletes, with several nurseries linked to a residential sports excellence centre in Panipat. Participants  also called for identifying the point at which girls typically drop out of school sport, to allow earlier intervention.

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