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The International Working Group (IWG) on Women and Sport is delighted to be teaming up with Aston Villa Women Football Club (AVWFC), with the IWG Global Summit 2026 logo displayed on the team’s match shirts during the opening month of the 2025/26 season.

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The International Working Group (IWG) on Women and Sport has bolstered its long-standing relationship with the International University Sports Federation (FISU) through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which will see the two organisations support each other’s gender equality objectives in the build up to the IWG Global Summit 2026 and beyond.

IWG’s Secretary General Lisa O’Keefe MBE and Global Executive member Etsuko Ogasawara were in attendance at the ASEAN conference on gender equity in sports in Penang, Malaysia, at the end of last month, where Lisa also delivered a keynote presentation.

Call for Presentations: Share Your Expertise at the IWG Global Summit 2026 Do you have findings, insights, learnings or best practice examples that can help level the playing field for women and girls in sport? Do you want to share your expertise with global leaders, policymakers and change makers? We want to hear from you.

This week marks the ‘one year to go’ countdown until the IWG Global Summit 2026, hosted by the International Working Group (IWG) on Women and Sport. The Summit is set to be the foremost gathering of thought leaders in the sport industry, providing a platform for sharing best practices and the latest insights affecting women and sport.

World Abilitysport has become the latest organisation to sign the IWG Brighton plus Helsinki Declaration, with the signing taking place at Buckinghamshire College Group in Aylesbury, UK, on Friday 13 June 2025.