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Global Signatories

The organisations turning principles into action for women and girls in sport.

Across the world, more than 600 organisations have signed the Brighton plus Helsinki Declaration — committing to take real action for women and girls in sport and physical activity. From local councils to international federations, these signatories are driving change and showing what’s possible when words become action.

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Is your organisation ready to stand alongside them? Find out how to become a signatory.

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AFRICA


Africa Sports Councils, Associations, and Commissions 

  • Associations des Femmes Beninoises pour le Sport (AFBS) Benin 

  • Botswana National Sports Council 

  • Egypt Supreme Council for Youth and Sport 

  • Football Union Botswana 

  • Guyana Olympic Association

  • Moroccan Association of Sport and Development (AMSD) 

  • Namibia Sports Commission 

  • National Sports Council of Tanzania 

  • South Africa Commonwealth Games Association (SASCOC) 

  • South Africa National Department of Sport and Recreation 

  • South Africa National Sports Council (SASCOC) 

  • Zimbabwe Sports Commission 
     

Africa Olympic Committees 

  • Botswana National Olympic Committee 

  • Comite National Olympique de Cote d ‘Ivoire 

  • Congo National Olympic and Sport Committee (CNOSC) 

  • Gambia Olympic Committee 

  • Ghana Olympic Committee 

  • Ivory Coast Olympic Committee

  • Lesotho Olympic Committee 

  • Madagascar Olympic Committee 

  • Mali Olympic Committee 

  • Morocco Olympic Committee 

  • Namibia Olympic Committee 

  • Senegal Olympic Committee 

  • Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association

  • Swaziland Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association 

  • Uganda Olympic Committee 

  • Zimbabwe Olympic Committee 
     

Africa Sports Federations and Organisations   

  • 16 National Sports Federations 

  • African Chess Confederation 

  • Ardhi University

  • Association of Uganda University Sports

  • Bindura University of Science Education

  • Botswana Basketball Association 

  • Botswana Boxing Association 

  • Botswana Cricket Association 

  • Botswana Football Association 

  • Botswana Integrated Sports Association (BISA)

  • Botswana Karate Association 

  • Botswana Netball Association 

  • Botswana Softball Association 

  • Cameroon Baseball and Softball Federation 

  • Confederation of University and College Sports Association

  • Congo 

  • Cricket Namibia 

  • Federation Burkinabe de Baseball et de Softball 

  • Federation Ivorienne de Baseball et Softball 

  • Federation of Africa University Sport

  • Federation of East Africa University Sport

  • Kaimosi Friends University College (KAFUCO)

  • Kenya Baseball Federation 

  • Kenya Softball Federation 

  • Kenya Taekwondo Federation

  • Kenya University Sports Federation

  • Kibabii University (KIBU)

  • Kusa Nairobi North

  • Lesotho Baseball and Softball Association 

  • Lesotho Cricket Association 

  • Malawi Cricket Union

  • Makerere University

  • Masinde Muliro University of Science and Tech (MMUST) 

  • Maseno University

  • Mount Kenya University

  • Mozambican Cricket Association 

  • Namibia Softball Association 

  • National Netball Association of Swaziland 

  • Ndejje University

  • Netball Association of Namibia 

  • Netball Nigeria 

  • Netball South Africa 

  • Nigeria Baseball and Softball Association 

  • Nigerian University Games Associations

  • Softball South Africa 

  • South African Baseball Union 

  • Swaziland Cricket Association 

  • Swaziland National Sports Federation 

  • Tanzania Baseball and Softball Association 

  • Tanzania Universities Sports Association (TUSA)

  • Uganda Baseball and Softball Association 

  • Uganda Netball Federation 

  • Uganda Woodball Federation

  • United States International University – Africa

  • University of Dodoma

  • University of Johannesburg

  • Universities Sports Association of Ethiopia

  • West African University Games

  • Zambia Cricket Association 

  • Zambia Softball Baseball Association 

  • Zambia University Sports Federation

  • Zimbabwe Baseball Federation

  • Zimbabwe Universities Sports Association 
     

Africa Women and Sports

  • Algerian Association for Women’s Sport Development 

  • Faculty of Physical Education for Girls, Alexandria University (Egypt) 

  • Madagascar Women and Sport 

  • Mauritius National Commission on Women and Sport 

  • National Association Women Physical Activity and Sport (ANFAPS) 

  • Nigerian Association of Women in Sport 

  • Seychelles Women and Sport Association 

  • Sierra Leone Association of Women in Sports (SLAWS) 

  • South African Women And Sport Foundation 

  • Sport Society of Egyptian Women 

  • Uganda Sports Women’s Association 

  • Women and Sport Botswana 

  • Women and Sport South Africa (WASSA) 

  • Women in Sport Foundation Zimbabwe

  • Women Sport Africa Network 

  • Women’s Sports Association of Ghana

  • Zambia National Organisation for Women in Sport Physical Activity and Recreation (NOWSPAR)
     

Africa Government 

  • 13 Regional Governors 

  • Arab Ministers of Youth and Sport

  • Ministry of Basic Education, Sport and Culture (Namibia) 

  • Ministry of Home Affairs (Swaziland) 

  • Ministry of Land, Resettlement and Rehabilitation (Namibia) 

  • Ministry of Women, Family and Children (Tunisia) 

  • Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Child Welfare (Namibia) 

  • Ministry of Youth and Sport (Algeria) 

  • Ministry of Youth and Sport (Republic of Guinea) 

  • Ministry of Youth and Sports (Ghana) 

  • Ministry of Youth and Sports (Mauritius) 

  • Ministry of Youth and Sports (Tunisia) 

  • Namibia School Sports Union 

  • Seychelles Government 

  • South African National Department of Sport and Recreation 

  • Tertiary Institution Sport Association of Namibia 
     

Africa Regional Organisations 

  • Africa Baseball and Softball Association

  • Africa Netball 

  • Africa Women in Sport Association (AWISA) 

  • FIM Africa 

  • Sports Ministers of Southern Africa (Zone 6) 

  • Supreme Council for Youth and Sport in Africa 




Americas & Caribbean


Americas & Caribbean Sports Councils, Associations, and Commissions 

  • American Samoa Softball Association 

  • Bahamas Baseball Association 

  • Belize Softball Association 

  • Bahamas National Sports Council

  • Canada Commonwealth Games Association 

  • Guyana Olympic Association

  • Jamaica Intercollegiate Sports Association 

  • Jamaica Amateur Softball Association 

  • Jamaica Baseball Association 

  • Mexico National Commission for Physical Culture and Sport

  • Mexico National University Sports Council 

  • Northern Marianas Amateur Sports Association 

  • National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) USA 

  • USA Netball Association 

  • USRowing

  • The Baseball Softball Association of Trinidad and Tobago 

  • Trinidad and Tobago Netball Association 
     

Americas & Caribbean Olympic Committees 

  • Antilles Olympic Committee 

  • Argentina Olympic Committee 

  • Aruba Olympic Committee 

  • Bahamas Olympic Committee 

  • Barbados Olympic Committee 

  • Bolivia Olympic Committee 

  • Brazil Olympic Committee 

  • Chile Olympic Committee 

  • Colombia National Olympic Committee 

  • Costa Rica National Olympic Committee 

  • Cuba Olympic Committee 

  • Ecuador Olympic Committee 

  • El Salvador Olympic Committee 

  • Guatemala Olympic Committee 

  • Honduras Olympic Committee 

  • Jamaica Olympic Committee 

  • Mexico Olympic Committee 

  • National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan

  • Panama Olympic Committee 

  • Paraguay Olympic Committee 

  • Peru Olympic Committee 

  • Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee 

  • United States of America Women Committee Project 

  • Uruguay Olympic Committee 

  • Venezuela Olympic Committee
     

Americas & Caribbean Sport Federations and Organisations 

  • Amateur Baseball Bond Aruba 

  • Asociacion Nacional de Softbal de Guatemala 

  • Barbados Netball 

  • Brazilian Baseball and Softball Confederation 

  • Colombia Softball Federation 

  • Costa Rican Institute of Sports and Recreation (ICODER)

  • Costa Rica University

  • Cuba Softball Federation 

  • Curacaose Softball Bond 

  • Dominican Softball Federation 

  • Ecuador Baseball Federation 

  • Federacion Costarricense de Beisbol 

  • Federacion Panama de Beisbol 

  • Federacion Salvadorena de Beisbol 

  • Federation Nicaraguense de Beisbol Asociado 

  • Grenada Netball 

  • Mexicana de Baseball 

  • Netball Jamaica 

  • Panama Softball Federation 

  • Softball Canada 

  • United States Deaf Sports Federation 

  • Uruguay University Sports Federation 

  • USA Deaf Basketball Incorporated

  • USA Sailing 

  • USA Softball  

  • USA Volleyball 

  • Venezuela FIT

  • Venezuela Softball Confederation 
     

Americas & Caribbean Women and Sports 

  • Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport 

  • National Association of Girls and Women in Sport (USA) 

  • Olympic Women Project (USA) 

  • Women Sports Foundation (USA) 
     

Americas & Caribbean Government

  • Canada Department of Heritage 

  • Colombia Coldeportes 

  • Colombia Government 

  • Costa Rica Minister of Sports 

  • Grenada Government 

  • Guyana Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport 

  • Mexico Ministry of Sport 

  • Puerto Rico Department of Recreation and Sports 

  • Province of Alberta (Canada) 

  • Province of British Columbia (Canada) 

  • Province of Ontario (Canada) 

  • Ringette Canada 

  • Sport Canada 

  • Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Sports 

Americas & Caribbean Regional Organisations 

  • Caribbean Heads of Government 

  • Caribbean Ministers of Sport 

  • Congress Panamericano de Education Fisica 

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  • Indonesia Sports Committee (National Olympic Committee)

  • Pan American Canoe Federation 

  • Pan American Congress of Physical Education (CPEF) 

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