A handbook against child abuse and discrimination in sport

A vademecum for the “Protection of the rights of minors in sport” aimed at sports technicians and managers. The volume, about forty pages, was presented in Misterbianco (Catania) as part of the Didacta Italy Fair. This was illustrated by the Authority for Childhood and Adolescence (Agia) Carla Garlattithe Director of the Department for Sport of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Stefania Pizzolla, Professor Adriana Bonifacino, member of the board of Sport e Salute SpA, on the occasion of the seminar “Yes – Youth and education + Sport – Right to sport for minors “.

The publication was promoted by the Department for Sport, by the Guarantor Authority for Children and Adolescents, by the School of Sport of Sport and Health. On the occasion, a training initiative dedicated to teachers and sports tutors on the issues of the right to sport of minors was also presented, which will take place online on a dedicated platform as part of the YES project managed by the Department for Sport together. to INDIRE.

The document, drawn up with the involvement of numerous experts, addresses eleven issues through which it analyzes the close link between sporting practice and the well-being of the minor, also in consideration of the rights universally recognized by the UN Convention on the rights of the child and adolescence. . We move from the right to sport to bullying, from how to recognize and manage cases of sexual violence in sports to gender equality. Each individual chapter is divided into paragraphs (what we are talking about, we know that) and is accompanied by a practical example and how (what can be done) that episode should be treated correctly. A formidable tool also in the hands of sports federations, too often distracted or without the necessary tools to decipher risky behaviors and draw the necessary consequences. “The world of sport” explains Michele Scicioli, head of the government’s sports department in the preface, “represents a decisive place for the psychophysical development of young sportsmen and women and requires the adoption of specific actions that allow them to enjoy all the benefits. that sporting activity can provide within a safe and protected environment. From this point of view, the training of the technician and the manager represents an essential element so that athletes are adequately accompanied during the phase of growth and personal development. Vademe cum is therefore a valid tool for encouraging and disseminating reflection, awareness and formation “.