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SPIN Refugees Project – Focus on Ukraine & Qualification of Refugees
Our EU project SPIN Refugees is more relevant than ever due to the largest European refugee movement since the Second World War.
Action research for inclusion: Migrant and refugee women in sports
Non-mainstream football clubs adapt to the particular needs of migrant and refugee women, making them feel more comfortable to participate in sport.
European Training for future Inclusive Sports Trainers
A physical training workshop on inclusive sport gathered the partner organizations of the SPIN Refugees project. The three-day train-the-trainer workshop in Zurndorf (Austria) trained participants to become Trainer Inclusive Sports. The trainers will become experts for inclusion within sports organisations. The participants practiced training and communication skills and learned how to actively acquire knowledge about inclusion.
SPIN WOMEN – Publications
The most relevant outcomes of the SPIN WOMEN project supporting others to make sport more inclusive for migrant women and girls.
Call for applicants: Integration of Refugees Through Sport Awards
ISCA to award best practices with €3000.
SPIN Women Conference: “An obstacle course” – Follow-up report
We look back on two exciting conference days and would like to take this opportunity to thank all participants for their active support!
SPIN Network Statute – Final Draft
Please find here the final draft of the SPIN Network Statute.
#SPIN Women conference “An Obstacle Course” – programme online!
(Hybrid) Conference | 31.5.-1.6.2021 | Live broadcast from the AK Vienna
Special SPIN Women edition of the female football magazine “W”
In the framework of the ERASMUS+ project SPIN Women, the 60-page magazine has been produced in English and Portuguese. It was created for and about women, featuring powerful stories about female athlethes and more.
A white girls sport?
Looking for more diversity in European women’s football. Online Debate & Presentation of “W”-Magazine on 16 March 2021.
#BlackLivesMatter actions in Hungary
The Hungarian migrant led organization and SPIN network partner Mahatma Gandhi Human Rights Organization (MGHRO) acted as a mouthpiece for the rights of people of colour in Hungary during the recent #BlackLivesMatter demonstrations in Budapest.
Support Anti-Racism work in Hungary – Get a Solidarity T-Shirt
The Sport Inclusion Network (SPIN) shares the vision of sport and a Europe free of discrimination, where everybody irrespective of origin, race, gender, sexual orientation or ability enjoys the same fundamental rights. But in current Hungary independent human rights and anti-racism work is at risk.
Girl Power in the European Week of Sport 2020
In seven countries partners of the SPIN WOMEN project facilitate sport events with women and girls with a migrant or ethnic minority background.
GIRL POWER! Sport Inclusion Events during European Week of Sport 2020
Call for Action! Activities enhancing the inclusion and participation of migrant and minority women and girls can be funded. Deadline for submissions: 7 September 2020
New study reveals: Female refugees hardly reached by sport clubs
But even though there are strong barriers linked to gender inequality and migrant exclusion, the research shows that there exist successful strategies for inclusion. Based on empirical data collected in 7 EU member states, the German SPIN organisation Camino published a study report on the access and participation of migrant women and girls in sports.