CMSport & Vicsport Forum: Engaging Multicultural Women and Girls in Sport

This in-person forum aims to bring the Victorian Sport sector together to explore ways Sports can improve inclusion of culturally diverse women and girls.

Hosted by Australian Athlete, Nana Owusu-Afriyie, the day is about learning through lived experience and best practice for engaging multicultural women and girls, through:

• Increasing participation among multicultural women and girls
• Recruitment and retention of female leaders
• Redistributing important knowledge by the sports sector

Event Details:

The day will commence with an opportunity to network, then progress to a discussion with the host, keynote speaker, Aish Ravi (founder of the Women’s Coaching Association) and an expert panel:

• Meghan Mayman: Executive Officer of Regional Sport Victoria (RSV)
  
• Sarah Styles: Director of the Victorian Government's Office for Women in Sport and Recreation
  
• Marta Hintsa: Acting Senior Sport and Recreation Coordinator at Reclink Australia

A series of workshops will be conducted by:

• Dr Tuba Boz (Research interests on social cohesion, migration and intercultural interaction) and Megan Harper (Sports Inclusion Officer at the City of Whittlesea in Melbourne’s North)
• 
  Professor Clare Hanlon (Susan Alberti Women in Sport Chair, Victoria University), Amal Hassan-Ali (Western Bulldogs Community Foundation Community Programs Officer) and
  Nisha Wijesekera (Project Officer - Governance and Integrity, Sport and Recreation Victoria)

Date: Wednesday, 21 June 2023

Time: 10:00am - 2:30pm

Location: 121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne

Special notes

• Morning tea and lunch provided
• RSVP ASAP to avoid missing out. Limited places available!
• We have some complimentary tickets available to community organisations that are not able to purchase a ticket. Please contact us for more info at [email protected]

Host or Publisher CMSport