Gymnastics to assist in women development

The Gymnastics Federation of Fiji (GFF) is to launch one of its very successful initiatives the Australian Government Pacific Sports Partnerships (PSP).

The innovation fund initiative targets the Western Division with social distancing easing and the return of non-contact sports.

This is aimed at removing barriers to women participating in sports and taking on leadership opportunities whilst at the same time building on the AeroGym Fiji programme- a fun and exciting activity to encourage women to want to get active and improve their fitness.

The United Nations Women recognise sport as an important vehicle to achieving gender equality and the “Building leadership capacity of women in sport in Fiji” workshop series.

The focus is on two priority development objectives- increased and improved leadership opportunities for women and increased participation in regular exercise to assist in preventing non-communicable disease (NCDs) risk factors.

GFF is partnering with Gymnastics Australia (GA) and the Oceania Gymnastics Union to conduct a series of workshops from June 4-6 in Lautoka leading to a Showcase Performance event.

Using Aerobic Gymnastics as a conduit, an expert from Australia will work with Fijian women with the goal to empower them as leaders in sport and other aspects of their lives.

Mentoring will be provided to participants in the period immediately following the initial training, aimed at achieving the goals of their individual action plans, providing the support they need in order to reach their own versions of empowerment.

To identify successes, learnings, opportunities and empowerment gained as a result of the activities, a series of baseline and post event interviews will be compared.