Women’s

Committee Report

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By　Tomoko Wada, Chair

XXXIV World Triathlon Congress

Virtual

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Contents

01 Overview of 2021

02 Award of Excellence

03 Mentorship Program

04 Gender Balance Statistics

05 Networking / Collaborations

06 Communication

07 Targets for 2022 (Proposals and Recommendations)

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Overview of 2021

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Committee Members

• Baida ALZADJALI (OMA)
• Anne-Charlotte DUPONT (FRA)
• Bernard HANRATTY (IRE) 　-　VC
• Josefa MARTINEZ (CHI)
• Tomoko WADA (JPN) - Chair
• Eva WERTHMANN (GER)
• Alan BECKFORD (JAM)

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EB Liaisons:

• Michelle COOPER (AUS)
• Gabriela GALLEGOS (USA)
• Achmad NASSAR (EGY)

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Committee Staff Liaison: Courtney Akrigg (AUS)

World Triathlon Women’s Committee�Award of Excellence

• Award of Excellence bestowed annually since 2012
• Highlighting grass roots contribution over years in promoting women’s active involvement
• 9 nominations received, 7 were valid in 2021

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• Charlotte Johansson, Sweden Triathlon

・Triathlete, administrator, TO, NF

・25 years dedication in recruiting women and men into

leadership roles

　 ・Development of TO program, contributed the large

　　　　 number of women TOs today in Sweden

・ Excellent role model

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• More nominations further encouraged

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Award of Excellence

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World Triathlon Mentoring Program

The Basis Statistics

• 2 Mentor Training Blocks
• 6 Courses
• 112 Mentors Trained
• 181 Mentees Allocated
• 680 Mentor/Mentee Sessions
• 6 mentors fully accredited

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Diversity Targets

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• 29% Mentors in Governance
• 57% Mentees Female

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Challenges – 181 Relationships

• 26% Current only
• 34% Stalled
• 29% drop-out
• 11% Not yet started

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Challenges – Reasons for Drop-out

• Recruitment / selection
• Why am I here?
• Communications / technology
• Personal reasons

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What Next?

• Support existing relationships
• Re-launch November 2021
• Social media campaign
• NF campaign
• New documentation

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Gender Equity Scoring and 2024 Targets

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Driving Change in Gender Equity

• Create a Gender Scoring system
• Apply system to 2019 NF survey data
• Calculate Gender Equity scores for each National Federation / Continent
• 14 April 2021 – Special E-Board to consider Proposals

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Scoring System

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• Applied to Governance, Coaches�TOs and Athletes

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E-Board Proposals

• Approve the scoring system
• Gender Balance Targets for 2024 NF Survey
• Gender Balance Champion to be appoint to each Continental Federations Board
• ALL APPROVED

2019 Gender Balance Scores

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• Average country scores
• Max score per discipline is 3
• Max score per Continent is 12

Networking / Collaborations�Continental Confederation Liaisons

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Five Continental Confederation Liaisons Appointed

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Alan, Baida, Anne-Charlotte, Eva, and Josefa

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Task

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• To establish direct communication channels
• To share information regularly for the promotion of women
• To establish Women’s Committee in each Continent
• Collaboration with ML of Mentorship Program in each region

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Targets

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• - To help establish gender equality targets in Continent
• - To make sure the whole Triathlon communities head for the same direction in accordance with the vision of TRI

Networking / Collaborations�

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• Focus areas discussed
• Views exchanged with other Commission rep
• Further practical ways are under consideration

• Agreement with Leeds Beckett University signed
• Gender Equality Research Project officially kicked off on 27 September 2021
• Phase 0 –3
• Phase 0 - Current understanding, (till end of Dec 2021)
• Phase 1 – Statistical analysis on TRI GE data, initial result expected by the end of Nov 2021
• Phase2 – Qualitative analysis of meaning and experience of GE, Research Proposal
• Phase 3 – Intended Outcomes and Deliverables (Intervention)

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Cross Commission / Committee Collaboration

Academic Research Collaboration

Communication

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Newly appointed President of Tokyo 2020, Ms Seiko Hashimoto’s Greetings

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Global Coaches’ Day

First-ever Women’s Duathlon launched in Oman

Maria Lecumberri (CHI)

Danielle Stefano (AUS)

2021 Women’s Day

Rabaa Al Hajeri (KWT)

Proposals and Recommendations

• Appoint a full-time staff member at World Triathlon to focus exclusively on Women in Sport.
• From 2024, every Committee and Commission has a Chair and a Vice Chair of a different gender.
• Committee/Commission collaborations should be sought whenever necessary and relevant. 
• Create internship and other experience-based programs (Governance, Coaching, Technical Officials, other) to give women learning opportunities.
• Cultivate the population of mentors and mentees by prioritizing their access to those internship programs.

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Thank you