We are very pleased to share that the Project FIAS Framework and Toolkit are available via the IWG Insight Hub.
The IWG Women & Girls Insight Hub, launched by the International Working Group on Women & Sport (IWG), is a global online platform for sharing successful strategies and initiatives to empower and advance women and girls in sport and physical activity. The Hub offers a world-leading collection of research, case studies, and toolkits, all aimed at advancing opportunities for women and girls in sports and physical activities.
The Hub builds on IWG’s longstanding mission, which includes the Brighton plus Helsinki Declaration, to foster gender equality in sports, supporting leaders, coaches, organisations, and advocates across its network.
The FIAS Framework is designed to tackle persistent gender inequality in mountain biking (MTB) through cultural transformation. It is designed to underpin the strategic focus of key policy organisations in mountain biking. A set of resources are available to help organisations explore, through co-creation, what the FIAS Framework means for them.
For more details on the Project FIAS Framework, see here The FIAS (Fostering Inclusive Action Sports) Framework • IWG Women & Sport Insight Hub (iwginsighthub.org)
The FIAS Toolkit builds on the FIAS Framework, and particularly its central focus on community. It is underpinned by rigorous academic research and has been co-created with a wide range of mountain bike-focussed women+ community organisations across the UK. It is full of resources and insight designed to support the initiation and growth of women+ only mountain biking communities, which are a core part of cultural transformation in the sport.
For more details on the Toolkit, see here The FIAS (Fostering Inclusive Action Sports) Toolkit • IWG Women & Sport Insight Hub (iwginsighthub.org)