Conclusion of the project
Conclusion of the project As of today, 31 January 2025, EquaWHand has officially come to an end. The Equability in and through Handball: Leveraging Women’s Inclusion Towards Better Sports for Everyone project has been a significant step toward promoting gender equity in sports management. By empowering women with the skills and confidence needed to take […]
Internships at Turkish handball clubs
Internships at Turkish handball clubs As a central component of the project, participants undertook a structured internship program, where they were placed in local handball clubs for a five-day immersive experience. During these internships, they: At the end of their internships, each participant submitted a structured report based on a questionnaire designed by the project […]
Online education modules completed
Online education modules completed All of the online education modules provided within the framework of EquaWHand are now completed. Sessions were held using Zoom teleconferencing software. A list of the modules and sessions that were undertaken are as follows: MODULE 1: Sports Management 5 March 2024: “Essentials of Strategic Management” Offered by Dr. Cem Tınaz […]
EquaWHand in Ljubljana
EquaWHand in Ljubljana Project partners met on 18-20 September 2024 in Ljubljana (SLO) when they came together for a workshop and evaluation meeting. In-person workshops held on 19 September 2024 in Ljubljana held under the guidance of University of Ljubljana, members of the project team came together with Slovenian sports scientists and well as top-level […]
Gender and sports workshops
Gender and sports workshops In the second round of in-person EquaWHand workshops held on 21 June 2024 in Ankara (TUR), three sessions were held, each under the guidance of one particular partner institutions. Turkish Handball Federations experts organized the “Gender and Sports” workshop, University of Ljubljana experts carried out the “Effective Communication Skills for Women […]
Evaluation meetings held in Ankara
Evaluation meetings held in Ankara An in-person meeting between the project partners took part during the high-level match event organisation activities held in Ankara (TUR) in June 2024. On this occasion, the partners held an evaluation meeting, and they came together with the participants for a series of lectures and workshops. There was also an […]
Handball matches between Türkiye and Slovenia
Handball matches between Türkiye and Slovenia Within the framework of this project, the U18 women’s national handball teams of Turkiye and Slovenia played two exhibition games in Ankara (TUR) on 20 and 22 June 2024. Project participants stayed over this period at the accommodation facilities of the Turkish Handball Federation together with the two teams’ […]
Fact finding meeting held
Fact finding meeting held Project partners met in Ankara (TUR) on 7 October 2023, to discuss and decide the methodologies to be employed during the project, contents of education modules, barriers to entry for women into sports administration roles and possible ways to overcome them. The meeting also included other key stakeholders, such as coaches, […]
Project team and participants coming together in Ankara
Project team and participants coming together in Ankara The first in-person meeting of the project partners took place on 12 August 2023 in Ankara (TUR). Project team members from the three partner institutions held their organisational meeting at the facilities of the Turkish Handball Federation, and they also met with the participants who were admitted […]
The project kicks off
The project kicks off EquaWHand officially kicked off with a project meeting held by the project partners on 17 April 2023. Due to adverse conditions in the immediate aftermath of the devastating earthquake that hit Türkiye and Syria on 6 February 2023, the meeting had to be held online. During the meeting participants from three […]