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Voices and visions of girls in the Goal-Delhi programme

As a group, adolescent girls of the Global South face a number of real-life problems that inspired this research. When girls are considered within international development programming it is typically to deal with problems such as early marriage, gender-based violence, unintended pregnancies or diseases. Programmes for girls tend to focus on others - their parents, in-laws, brother and overlook the potential in helping girls to help themselves (Sewall-Menon et al, 2012). Sport may be a new approach to help girls address the real-life problems they face, and this research explored if and how one sport for development and peace (SDP) programme realises the broad claims the SDP movement makes about the possibility of sport as a tool for change in the lives of girls.  In reflecting on notions of empowerment, it considers themes of urbanisation, mobility and sporting and public spaces.

Project aims

The project aimed

  • To document how girls in Goal-Delhi incorporate learnings from sport and the curriculum into their daily lives.
  • To establish if and how sport contributes to the empowerment of girls within the Goal-Delhi programme.
  • To add the voices and experiences of girls to the SDP academic literature base.
  • To provide data that will enhance the delivery of the Goal-Delhi programme and Goal programming worldwide.

Project findings and impact

The project has

  • Provided empirical data on the impact of the Goal-Delhi project with respect to changes in knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours;
  • Identified potential areas of development and refinement for the Goal-Delhi project; and
  • Offered insights for the Goal project and Women Win as they develop and support girl-centred SDP initiatives in and outside of Delhi.

Research team

Dr Megan Chawansky, Senior Lecturer, SASM, University of Brighton

Dr Payoshni Mitra, Independent Researcher/Activist, Kolkata

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