Research on Social Factors Encouraging Girls’ Participation in Sports, coordinated by Cyprus University of Technology, is a
comprehensive product whose completion was achieved after an in-depth and thorough investigation.
Contents areas are:
•Focus on: the role of joint sports activities for girls and boys; differentiation between school-based and out of school,
‘leisure’ time activities; how do retain participation of girls in sport.
•Environmental and social factors
•Sport and intercultural dialogue
•Training of trainers and coaches
•Policies: exploring useful practices to urge local institutions modalities for the development of sports opportunities for girls
and on equal opportunities in sports.