On 24 February France adopted a new law aimed at democratising access to sports. A group of Senateurs ultimately failed in their repeated attempts to introduce a discriminatory amendment intended to prohibit women who choose to wear headscarves from participating in all sporting competitions and events organized by state-regulated sports federations and their associate organizations. However, these lawmakers successfully hijacked the legislative process ensuring that parliamentary sessions were stained with inflammatory rhetoric, offensive stereotyping and debates that stigmatised Muslim women.
Toward Safe Sport: UNESCO launches policy recommendations from people impacted by violence
New report highlights how lived experience can help governments build safer, more accountable and more effective sport systems 17 June 2026 — Violence in sport is increasingly recognized as a global challenge. Yet many of the people most affected by abuse, violence and unsafe sporting environments remain largely absent from the policy discussions intended to […]
