Partnering with Stats Perform and DAZN
Partnering with Stats Perform and DAZN
Find out how we're tackling gender inequality through sport
In partnership with Stats Perform and DAZN, we're supporting projects which use sport to empower girls and boys to access education and campaign for gender equality.
Our Empowerment through Sport programme works in nine communities in Brazil, supporting children to develop important life skills and learn about their rights while playing sport.
Stats Perform and DAZN employees have climbed mountains, run marathons and cycled across continents, raising more than £600,000 for Plan International.
Creating an even playing field
for girls and boys
Our work with Stats Perform and DAZN creates opportunities for young people to learn about gender equality through sport.
Meet Yara, who dreams of becoming a Physical Education teacher.
Project Highlights
1,500 girls and boys will be reached to transform attitudes around gender equality
8 football pitches are undergoing refurbishment to create safe spaces for young people to play
17 football teamshave been established across the communities and football kits have been distributed
CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE IN BRAZIL
We’re using football skills and tournaments to train young people to become Champions of Change. Young people learn about gender equality, gender-based violence, harmful stereotypes and how to campaign for change. They then apply their learnings to how they play sport – with key life lessons in every match.
After the training, we support young people to share knowledge with their communities, conduct awareness-raising projects and engage key decision makers. We also run community football tournaments to showcase the young people’s skills and raise awareness of, and support for, the project.
A once-in-a-lifetime experience
We took a group of top fundraisers from Stats Perform and DAZN on an unforgettable project visit to Brazil.
Words can’t express how moving and humbling this visit has been. I'm so proud of the amazing progress of the project, the changes in equality and empowerment, and the sense of community. A highlight was the amazing power, confidence and respect the young people had for each other on the football pitch.
- Emma Rouhani, DAZN
Discover more
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Read about Plan International’s Empowerment Through Sports project
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