📊 Within the Empowered Female Referees project, focus groups with women in sport have been successfully completed 🤝
Discussions covered motivation, challenges, gender inequality, discrimination, lack of support, and the need for training and mentorship opportunities for female referees ⚽🏀
The collected insights will contribute to further analysis and the development of guidelines aimed at improving the position of women referees in sport 🌍✨
Alliance of Amateur Basketball Referees (AoABR) from Serbia, in partnership with Hate Fighters Network (HFN) 🇷🇸, Barcel’hona Sports Events (BSE) 🇪🇸, and JuvenTagus Associação🇵🇹, proudly launches the project “Empowered Female Referees” – a bold step toward gender equality in sport, with a special focus on empowering women in officiating roles.
📌 What’s it all about?
✔ Creating innovative tools & training to uplift and support female referees
✔ Promoting equal participation on and off the field
✔ Encouraging dual careers for female athletes
📚 From in-depth research and hands-on training to local and international testing of guidelines and a wide-reaching awareness campaign — this project is making real impact across Portugal, Serbia, and Spain from November 2025 to January 2027.
💡 Co-funded by the European Union, “Empowered Female Referees” is not just a project — it’s a movement for fairness, visibility, and change.
