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The program of departmental meetings

In the sports field, the development of women's practice is certainly one of the significant developments in recent years.

However, sport is still struggling to combine women at different levels: accessibility, responsibility, representativeness, visibility, financial support. Sportspersons remain, in most disciplines and at all levels, exposed to discrimination and gender inequalities.

To reflect on and get involved in women's sport, the Loire-Atlantique Department organizes discussion sessions on this theme. "Changing the lines in sport is building a more egalitarian society" according to Malika Tararbit, vice-president of sport and outdoor activities of the Department. Many guests will attend the departmental meetings open to all audiences:

• Friday November 16 from 18 p.m. to 20 p.m. - Hôtel du Département, 3 quai Ceineray in Nantes. On registration.
  • Opening night - Round table: "The commitment and responsibility of women in sport"
    With the testimony of six personalities: Béatrice Barbusse, sports sociologist, lecturer at Paris-Est University and former president of US Ivry Handball, Marie-Hélène Baudry, ex-president of FC Rezé, Monique Bernard, president of Volleyball Nantes, Aurélie Bresson, founder of the journal Les sportive, Rim Ridane, world champion in French boxing and mental trainer at SCO Angers, Pauline Roger, director of Racing Club Nantais.
• Saturday November 17 from 8:45 am - UFR STAPS, 25 bis boulevard Guy Mollet in Nantes. On registration.
  • Conference from 9 am to 15 am: “Sport, a male stronghold? Historical and sociological view »
    Presented by Doriane Gomet, lecturer at Rennes 2 University IFEPSA Angers. Introduction by Aurélie Bresson, founder of the journal Les Sportives.
  • Round table at 10:30 am: “Current situation and development of female sports in Loire-Atlantique”
    With the participation of the Departmental Olympic and Sports Committee, the Regional Directorate for Youth, Sports and Social Cohesion, the UFR Staps of Nantes and the Department of Loire-Atlantique.
  • 10 thematic workshops from 11:15 am to 17:1 pm - Duration of a workshop: 15hXNUMX.
    • Workshop 1: Sporting events / How do sporting events contribute to the development of women's practice?
    • Workshop 2: Sport at the service of education / Gender diversity in sport and PSE: how to foster equity and collaboration between boys and girls?
    • Workshop 3: Prevention and therapy through sport / Public health issues.
    • Workshop 4: Sport, health and well-being (federated practices) / Sport, factor of well-being for women.
    • Workshop 5: Sport in freedom / Favor the sporting practice of women in the open air or in free access.
    • Workshop 6: Feminization projects (federated practices) / What place is given to women in gendered disciplines?
    • Workshop 7: Management and sports coaching / Crossed perspectives on management and coaching missions.
    • Workshop 8: Physical activity and maternity 1 (pre-natal) / Support for the specific needs of pregnant women in body support.
    • Workshop 9: Physical activity and maternity 2 (post-natal) / Support for the specific needs of young mothers in the return to physical activity.
    • Workshop 10: An example of gentle practice: Qi Gong / Reconciling body and mind.

Full program and registrations on: loire-atlantique.fr/dating-sportwomen

Actions of the Department of Loire-Atlantique

A permanent call for projects

The associations and clubs of Loire-Atlantique which work to develop and promote women's sports can benefit from financial and technical assistance from the Department. It has already supported 150 projects since the device was launched 5 years ago, with real progress: creation of women's sections in clubs, launch of adapted sports offers, etc.

The call for projects, which has become permanent for a year, allows structures to be supported at any time of the year.

Information on loire-atlantique.fr/sport-women

The high female level

The Department supports the high level of sport. For women, it is involved with the three flagship clubs: Nantes Atlantique Handball, Nantes Rezé Basket and Volley-Ball Nantes, which benefit from financial support and actions to promote their practice.

The players travel once a year as close as possible to their home crowd, outside of official matches, during training sessions organized with the Department. Young people from clubs and departmental sports activities participate in educational workshops with professional players and benefit from their valuable advice.

Amateur clubs and sporting events

Other Department mechanisms allow the development of women's sports: endowments of new equipment to clubs, help in training volunteers, support for sporting events.

Schoolchildren sensitized

Each year, more than 600 schoolchildren participate in class in exchanges with high-level athletes. Among the actions, awareness raising on the theme of gender equality to address the place of women in sport is offered with the association Dame de Sport, but also interviews with players on professional careers, invitations to official matches ...

Departmental sports activities, an example of diversity and parity

The Department acts every day for diversity in sport: 13 young people between the ages of 000 and 7 practice regular activities in multisport schools and during sports animation courses, supervised by 14 sports educators. Among these young people, the participation of girls in sports activities reaches 45%.

Registration is free and open until November 9 on loire-atlantique.fr/dating-sportwomen.