Katrina Adams (USA), a former professional tennis player and current tennis executive, has been named the global recipient of the IOC's 2023 Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) Champion Award. It was announced on International Women's Day to celebrate Adams and her fellow trailblazers who are working tirelessly to promote gender equality, diversity and inclusion in sport. Adams was named her Global Winner in recognition of her outstanding contributions across the areas of participation, leadership, portrayal and resource allocation. Along with Adams, the three 2023 continental champions are: Africa's Irene Rimica (Kenya); Maria Loreto González Jaque (Chile), representative of the Americas. In charge of Asia is Jayanti Kuru Utumpala (Sri Lanka). Aurélie Bresson (France) In charge of Europe. The Oceania representative is Patrick Johnson (Australia). Previously known as the IOC Women and Sport Award from 2000 to 2021, the newly named IOC GEDI Champion Award promotes gender equality, diversity and inclusion within and through sport. We celebrate outstanding work that inspires change-makers who are committed to using their platforms to do more. Read the full news release here.
On International Women's Day, the IOC is celebrating the monumental achievements set to be achieved at the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics. The IOC divided the spots equally between male and female athletes, i.e. 50:50. For the first time in Olympic history, there will be complete gender equality in the stadium. Find out more about the evolution of the participation of female athletes in the Games and the initiatives carried out in this regard in collaboration with IFs and NOCs. Additionally, find out more about the work the IOC has done to advance gender equality beyond athletics here.
Additionally, OBS will serve as the event's permanent host broadcaster, producing live television, radio and digital broadcasts of the event and is committed to providing fair and balanced storytelling for all athletes. The 2024 Paris Olympics will take this commitment a step further behind the scenes, with a significant increase in the number of female staff in key broadcast roles. OBS is also committed to ensuring gender balance in the next generation of talent in the media industry. Several training programs have been introduced for this purpose. Find out here.
A new guide on the prosecution of cases of competition manipulation was jointly published by the IOC and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on 5 March. This guide is primarily aimed at prosecutors, who are key stakeholders in criminal proceedings, and aims to set out a recommended framework for the prosecution of such cases. This guide is primarily concerned with the prosecution in criminal courts of those involved in competitions and match manipulation. However, it also provides a useful resource for international and national federations and sports governing bodies who wish to bring their own private law disciplinary proceedings.
Download publications in English and Spanish. The guide was officially launched on his 5th March in a webinar co-hosted by the International Prosecution Association (IAP), IOC and UNODC. The webinar was attended by more than 300 of his prosecutors around the world, primarily his IAP members, with high-level speakers commenting on the new guide and highlighting its importance. Friedrich Martens, Head of the Olympic Movement Competition Manipulation Prevention Unit (OM Unit PMC), who also participated in the webinar, sincerely thanked the IAP and UNODC for this cooperation and urged the prosecutors present to use the new guide. encouraged and reminded them of the importance of: Coordination between criminal and law enforcement investigations. The new guide is a follow-up to the IOC-Interpol-UNODC guide “Investigating Cases of Competition Manipulation” published three months ago, and is a follow-up to the IOC-Interpol-UNODC guide “Investigating Cases of Competition Manipulation” to conduct effective and efficient investigations into allegations of competition manipulation by parties involved. The aim is to strengthen the capacity of stakeholders to
The Olympic Museum has officially launched its new website. The launch was the culmination of his two-year project to overhaul olympics.com/museum and introduce access to a series of new Olympic-themed resources. The museum will offer many new storytelling, education and visitor experience features on the new platform. Click here for the full news release.
