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The president of the Peruvian Institute of Sport (IPD), Guido Flores Marchan, participated in the Santiago Declaration for Gender Equality in Ibero-American Sport, in an event that took place within the framework of the Pan American and Parapan American Games, which are being held in the Chilean capital. The meeting was attended by the member countries of the Ibero-American Sports Council (CID) and the Ibero-American Network for Women and Sport (REDIMYD), who reiterated their unwavering commitment to the promotion and defense of gender equality in the field of sports.
"We agree with a lot of the ideas. We have women in sport. As a State, we are doing a lot in vulnerable areas through sport, intersectoral work with other ministries such as Women's Affairs, carrying out sports activities that have an impact on substantial improvements. We have a massive tournament that impacts the development of women as a promotion of gender equality in vulnerable areas, with teenagers, we work on women's sports. These are some of the actions we are doing, this Declaration will help us a lot to strengthen those commitments," were the words of the president of the IPD, Guido Flores Marchan.
In the Declaration, member countries committed, inter alia, to: Promote equal opportunities in access to sport for all people, regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity or ability; encourage the presence of women at all levels of decision-making in sport, including sports federations, national Olympic committees, sports governing bodies, refereeing and sports training bodies, as well as legal entities for the defence of human rights; Combat gender-based discrimination in all its forms in sport, including gender-based violence, harassment and exclusion.
