GENDER EQUITY

Badminton Oceania actively supports participation of women and men in badminton at all levels of the sport – on and off the ‘field of play’.

Badminton Oceania is committed to strengthening gender equity across everything that we do with the aim of achieving a minimum representation of 40% of the under-represented gender.

Badminton Oceania is proud to have a strong balance between female and male participants across all areas: Executive Board, Staff, Technical Officials, Coaches, Administrators, Shuttle Time Trainers, Tutors and Teachers, Players and Volunteers. Data is collected from the most recent Annual Report.

Board Members

Male

Female

Staff Members

Male

Female

MA Presidents

Male

Female

Technical Officials

Male

Female

BWF Qualified Coaches

Male

Female

BOC Foundation Coaches

Male

Female

Shuttle Time Workforce

Male

Female

Shuttle Time Participants

Male

Female

Shuttle Time Online Component

Male

Female

Heather Robson President’s Award

This was awarded to honour the inaugural Badminton Oceania President – Heather Robson.

This is awarded to give recognition to any person (male or female) who are strong advocates of gender equity within badminton – either in their home country or within the wider Oceania region. Recipients contributed significantly to the promotion, development and advancement of gender equity within badminton with a particular focus on women and girls.

In 2022 the Executive Board expanded this award. Gender equity is standard practice across everything that Badminton Oceania and our Members do.

The award is now ‘in recognition of an individual’s outstanding contribution to the promotion and development of badminton in the Oceania region’.

The winner for the year listed is presented with the award the following year at the appropriate time. Previous winners include:

2013 Winner

Val Nesbitt (AUS)

2015 Winner

Judith Cousins (AUS)

2017 Winner

Nynette Sass (SAM)

2019 Winner

Susan Taylor (AUS)

BWF WIB Award

The BWF Women in Badminton Award recognises an individual (woman or man) or organisation that has made a significant contribution towards the involvement of women or girls in badminton. Listed below are representatives from Oceania who have received the award:

Val Nesbit (AUS)

2014

Judith Cousins (AUS)

2018

Conferences

Sport New Zealand Women + Girls Summit 2021 (Online)

Wednesday 29 September 2021, 9am – 3.30pm (New Zealand time)

There are places left for some members of our badminton family to attend. Learn more about the event here. .

If you would like to attend please email julie@badmintonoceania.org, no later than Monday 6 September

Sport NZ webinar “The Art and Science of Coaching Young Women”

Wednesday 22 September, 7pm (New Zealand time)

This webinar is open to anyone. Click here to register – free of charge.

The IWG World Conference on Women & Sport, New Zealand

5-8 May 2022

Badminton Oceania is currently in discussions with the BWF and Conference Organisers with a view to being able to offer some online scholarships to selected people from our member countries who are actively promoting Women’s and Girl’s programmes and activities which are making a difference. Further details on these opportunities will be circulated later in the year. Click here for more information.

Gender Equity Projects

The 2020 Gender Equity projects were awarded for the following projects:

Tahiti Girls Projects
Cook Islands – Ladies into Badminton

The 2019 Gender Equity Scholarships were awarded for the following projects:

Mele Seini Sifa (Tonga) Coach Development – support to undertake and complete BWF Level 1 Coaching Course
Papua New Guinea Female Para badminton player and coach development – support to attend Oceania Development Camp and in-country training
Tahiti Badminton Girls project – aim to increase the number of girls regularly playing and into structured training programmes
Solomon Islands Gender Equity project (SIGEP) – contracted project lead for in-country visits, identifying barriers, undertaking Shuttle Time training and implementing programmes.

The 2018 Gender Equity Scholarships were awarded for the following projects:

Para-badminton classifier training
Referee training and attendance at national events
Observation of a para-badminton event with a view to developing a national para-badminton plan
Coach development
Shuttle Time tutor training
In-country Board member leadership training

ECHO

The ONOC Equity Commission (ECO), previously known as WASO, was formed to build the capacity of women in sport throughout the region to create new opportunities and improved results for the benefit of women and sport.

Find out what the organisation has been up to by clicking on their recent newsletters:

May 2016