Former Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) President and current vice president of National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka(SLNOC) Asanga Seneviratne said only Sri Lanka Rugby has offered a seat on their Executive Committee to a woman out of 62 sports administration bodies in Sri Lanka.
He made these remarks at the launching of the IOC Women and Sport trophies Press Conference held at NOC on Tuesday.
He further said “Bridging the gender gap - for a country that produced the first head of state Sri Lanka lags behind in empowering women and gender equality.
Being a High performance head at NOC further said when we listed elite athletes for the future programs and It seems nearly 65 % of our elite athletes are women and as far as I know only Sri Lanka Rugby has offered a seat on their Executive committee to a woman. Even our NOC doesn’t have a allocation for women in their ex-co.
International Olympic Committee has a 30% ratio allocation for women on their ex-co and will enforce all NOC ‘s and members to follow this allocation system soon.
The SLNOC is now in the forefront of bridging the gap and empowering women to take control of their respective sports.
“This is first time we are participating in the IOC Women and Sport Awards and I don’t know why we didn’t participate on past occasions. The current women development committee of SLNOC will be more concerned with their work”.
IOC Women and Sport trophies are awarded annually to promote the advancement of gender equality in sport. They recognise outstanding achievement and contributions made to develop, encourage and strengthen the participation of women and girls at all levels in the sports world in order to close the gender gap. Six (6) Trophies are awarded each year as follows: One at the world level - One each for Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.
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