In the context of International Women’s Day, the European Parliament’s FEMM Committee organized a meeting about Women in Sport on 7 March. The event included a panel conversation involving Olympians, members of the PACE Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, and representatives from the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE).
Simultaneously, the European Parliamentary Research Service has released a new factsheet on gender equality in sport, including figures related to the Olympic Movement. The research paper notably highlights the following key findings regarding gender equality in the Olympic movement: one third of IOC members and honorary members are women (47 out of 147), in EU Member States, 4 out of 27 NOC Presidents are women (2023), 22% of all top decision-making positions in the national sport federations in the EU of the 10 most popular sports were held by women (ranging from 7% in Slovenia and 51% in Sweden), and 31% of coaches in Europe are women, from 9% in Portugal to 77% in Montenegro (2019).