Children’s Rights and Sport

Children’s Rights and Sport - The Case for Safeguarding, hosted by UNICEF

This event will focus on ensuring children’s rights IN – AROUND – THROUGH sport.

09.30-09.45 – Welcome & Introduction
Understanding safety nets - introduction to the session and Icebreaker

09.45-10.25 – Safeguarding: What is it and why is it important?
-Practical Group Work: definitions & preconceptions
-Group work and plenary: reflections on reflect on the impact that not having safeguards in place can have

10.25-10.45 - Overview of the Safeguarding Children in Sport Working Group and the Safeguards
Presentation of the history of the development & content of the Safeguards and how they can be used to improve safeguarding

- Daniel Rhind - Senior Tutor for Sport Sciences, Brunel University and lead for the International Safeguards for Children in Sport Research Project, Brunel University
- Frank Owusu-Sekyere - PHD researcher for the International Safeguards for Children in Sport

Part 2 (Noon-13.15)
Ensuring Children’s Rights around Major Sporting Events

Noon-12.45 – Panel – Children’s Rights and Major Sporting Events
What do we know, and what has been done so far?

- Daniel Rhind - Senior Tutor for Sport Sciences, lead for the International Safeguards for Children in Sport Research Project, Brunel University
- Leonor Quinto - Regional Coordinator, Terres des Hommes & Children Win Campaign
- Eric Aplegren - Head of International and Governance Relations, eThekwini Municipality

12.45-13.00 – What more can be done?
Group discussions on how Major Sporting Events can become Champions of Children’s Rights

13.00-13.15 – Recommendations and calls to action

Part 3 (14.30-15.45)

14.30-15.45 – Best Practice talks – Ensuring Children’s Right to Education Through Sport
Four case studies on:

- Evaluation and trying to measure the impact of S4D programmes - Cora Burnett - Senior Research Professor, University of Johannesburg
- The role of S4D in further education - Michael Flockhart – Director, Sportstec
- Implementing S4D programmes in remote and rural communities - Director, Safety, Enrichment and Sport in Education, Department of Basic Education
- S4D and the role it has in contributing to positive youth development - Trevor Pedro, Youth Development Specialist, Sportstec