PeacePlayers 2023 Impact Report 5 18 (5) - Flipbook - Page 22
— UNSDG: GENDER EQUALITY —
SDG #5
GENDER
EQUALITY
What this means at PeacePlayers:
Equitable opportunities for athletic engagement and other vital
opportunities for young people of all genders.
IMPACT:
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Sport helps transform gender norms, and improve body image and self-esteem.
Safe, welcoming spaces for LGBT+ youth to play sports are rare, but when included, they
experience less depression and higher self-esteem.
PEACEPLAYERS CREATES SAFE, INCLUSIVE SPACES FOR YOUTH OF ALL GENDERS
AND ORIENTATIONS TO THRIVE.
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Gender equity is most sustainable when boys and men are cultivated as allies
PEACEPLAYERS’ MIXED-GENDER COACHING STAFF EDUCATES AND INSPIRES YOUNG
BOYS TO BECOME SUPPORTERS AND CHANGE-MAKERS FOR GENDER EQUITY.
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Girls who play sports are more likely to get better grades and graduate high school.
G LOBALLY
MIDDLE EAST
50%
70%
≈70%
of PeacePlayers
participants are girls
are girls
of staff are
female
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