Judith Solanas
Born and bread in Barcelona; played basketball professionally; studied Tourism & Sport Management; working experience in SFD; interests on gender equality. Movement promotes positive energy
Location Barcelona
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First of all, we should define the term "success" as it can have a different meaning. In my opinion, success is directly related to other major factors such as personal circumstances, obligations or duties, economy, time...
In our case, I would say that a successful student takes full responsability for the learning of the course. -
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Hi, I'm Judith Solanas and I'm from Barcelona (Spain). Barcelona may be a quite big city but the size is perfect to discover on foot. The climate of the city is generally warm and the beaches are nice and clean. Also, it has a lot of Spanish wine and cava, it has a very rich history, and it offers many ping-pong tables!
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Good evening, my name is Judith Solanas. I'm based in Barcelona, and this year I have applied to do a PhD. The reason why I want to do this course is to improve my writting skills for the scientific papers.
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Hi all, I'm Judit Solanas from Barcelona, Spain. I'm currently working at the Catalan Sports Observatory (INEFC).
I'm looking forward to connecting with minded people across the globe who are interested in learning more about gender inequality. I expect to learn from others, to exchange information, opinions and to network with you @ll. -
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In 2017 I volunteered on youth sport and life skills programmes in urban communities affected by poverty, crime and unemployment in Cape Town, South Africa. In 2018 I volunteered on girls' rights' and empowerment through sports programmes in rural and urban Zambia. In 2016, while working in London, I volunttered for two NGOs: Starfish Greathearts Foundation...
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-Change is the only constant, so I would make sure that within the planning of the programme we have different scenarios that might happen. IE if there is a cholera outbreak.
-Advocacy activities so that community members (especially those just recruited) are convinced that the programme is community owned.
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3 Good health and well-being
4 Qality education
5 Gender inequality
8 Decent work and economic growth
10 Reduced inequalities
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My theory of change is about ending early child marriage.
I have expanded the strategies which are more focused on the girls needs, and stakeholder involvement and participation.
Strategies: 1) Empower girls: a wide range of programmes invest in girls, their participation, and their well-being; 2) Mobilise families & communities: families, communities... -
While technology before COVID had a negative connotation with regards to virtual-training and social engagement, COVID 19 has taught us indeed about the power of technology to reach youth internationally.
SfD programmes operate in such different and varied contexts, and what works in one country doesn't work in another one. However, if we look at the... -
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I couldn't agree with more with the conclusions of the report.
-Many SfD programmes focus on the intervention instead of the environmental context in which SfD interventions take place. For instance: lack of resources (transportation, food), family responsabilities, social norms, inadequate staff training, political climate, etc. As a result, we often... -
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I totally agree witht the statement which says that we have to put social problems first and at the core of the design of sport for development programs. I believe that idenfitying the need and defining the problem is rather easy. What's difficult is to change social norms and be able to break them down to provide a real change into a community. Undoubtedly,...
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I couldn't log in to padlet, so here's the NGO I wanted to point out:
NOWSPAR: The National Organisation for Women in Sport Physical Activity and Recreation (NOWSPAR) is a Zambian Non-Governmental Organisation established in 2006, NOWSPAR is a Zambian membership organization comprised of women and men who believe that sport, physical activity and recreation... -
Totally agree! Changes in national policy and strategy can transform lives on the ground. However, I think that local sport organisations have to know where to find those policies, and how to implement them. Perhaps it would be good to invest in people who were responsible to train local sport organisations on how to properly apply the national policies
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I have read some of the documents beforehand, and I also have used them to citate some of my recent research. Despite of being very thorough and extensive, I think that it´s very complicated to implement them at the local and/or regional level.
One of the priorities for local and regional governments is that NGO's and local sport organisations are aware of...
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-In Catalonia, the government places the SDG's at the centre of economic reconstruction after COVID19. However, there is no mention of the SDG's in the National Plan for reactivating sport and physical activity....
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The strategy is the action plan, the outline which will guide the implementation.
The implementation strategy are the specific actions done by the multiple actors involved to carry out the strategy. -
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I read the New Zealand government strategy "Women and Girls in Sports and Active Recreation, and overall I think that it addresses the key components of good policy.
-It has a set of specific and clear objectives, as well as the indicators and the measures. It explains the context through reliable and extensive data.
-There is a clear alignment between... -
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I have not been directly involved in any policy-making process. However, I have worked in different NGO's that promote policy-making and advocacy to the government.
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I agree with all speakers who are expert in different areas. Furthermore, I think that the most important aspects when creating a policy are:
-Policy should be clearly aligned to non-sport development objectives, and natioanl development plans. Transversality and understanding of other sectors isa key concept and should be implemented accordingly.
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This is the Institutional Statement on the commitment of the city of Barcelona towards the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda. https://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/agenda2030/sites/default/files/2020-01/Declaraci%C3%B3%20institucional%20comprom%C3%ADs%20ciutat%20amb%20Agenda%202030%20Plenari%2030092019.pdf
I do think that progress has been made...
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For our institution (university) the national plan for physical activity and sport in Catalonia https://esport.gencat.cat/web/.content/home/secretaria_general_de_lesport/projecte_llei_i_pacte_nacional/model_governanca.pdf
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Great learning content and resources, very relevant project and actitivites to conduct on our own.
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-Problem: child marriage. Child marriage is rooted in gender inequality and in the low value accorded to girls, and is exaxerbated by poverty, insecurity and conflict.
SDG 1: Gender inequality
SDG 2: Quality education
SDG 3: Good health and well-being
SDG 4: No poverty-Results: Girls at tisk of child marriage partcipate more in decisions that...
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Ending child marriage requires us to understand the complex drivers behing the practice in different contexts and adapt our interventions accordingly.
One of the most important things is to understand what the community needs, how it works, the prevealing cultural values and social norms, etc. So, factors that can be considered are the laws of child... -
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In my opinion, it is referred as a "forgotten right" because there might be people who sees it from a leisure or recreational point of view and not from a human right perspective, or because it's not a key priority initiative within the SDGs compared to other areas. I think that sport should be considered a human right and everybody should have access to it...
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I was working as a project officer at a Zambian-based NGO that promotes the rights of women and girl's to and through sport. The sustainable goal that we wanted to achieve was gender equality.
The NGO has important donors which help fund several programs and sport events in different parts of the city. Among others, funds were mostly allocated into staff... -
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SDG1 Gender equality
SDG2 No poverty
SDG3 Zero hunger
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There should be indeed commitements to sport in the next set of global goals.
There should be sustainable set objectives and goals with positive outcomes to sport. Sport and physical activity is seen as the tool or vehicle to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, for example in the number 3 "Good health and wellbeing" or the number 5 "Gender... -
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Very insightful to learn how sport has evolved over time, as well as the process to create working groups that formulate policies and recommendations for governments and other like-minded institutions.
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There are different concepts that have similar characteristics, such as sport, PA, leisure and recreational activities, sport for development...and so on. In a broader context, sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or other forms of entertainment. Sport means to play in a lively,...
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1.Can Peguera, is the poorest district of all Barcelona, and is where the immigrant workers who built the 1929 exhibition initially stayed. In this neighborhood, there if deprivation and poverty including poor housing, poor living conditions, and the services provided in these are, such as schools, medical centers, sport facilities, parks and shops, and often...
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1.Indeed, he was right. In this context, power means ability. So, if we think about the positive values of sport, it has the ability to create teamwork, which makes us work together and look past skin colour, gender, race, religion, etc because we are in it together. Also, sport is a language that people all over the world can speak.
2.In my opinion, this... -
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Hello! I'm Judith Solanas, a researcher at the National Institute of Physical Activity and Sport of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain). I'm passionate about SFD and have also spent some time in Africa and SouthAfrica with NGO's that tackle social and gender issues through sport.
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Hello, I'm Judith Solanas, a researcher at the National Institute of Sport and Physical Education in Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain). I have spent some time in Africa and South Africa working with NGO's that promote the rights of girls to and through sport. Looking forward to connecting with people around the globe, and to learning a lot from this course. Cheers...
