COACHING (SPORT): Teaching, advising, supervising and accompanying people who are engaged in sporting activities.[1]

[1] Definition proposed by Getrud Pfister

ELITE SPORT: In this survey, elite sport covers girls/women and boys/men competing in European and World championships and / or in the Olympic Games.

GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE: Violence directed against a person because of that person’s gender (including gender identity / expression) or as violence that affects persons of a particular gender disproportionately (EU : gender equality in sport. Proposal for Strategic action 2014-2020). In this survey, this includes namely physical intimidation or violence, sexism, verbal, psychological, physical and sexual harassment and abuse (Recommendation CM/Rec(2015)2 “Gender mainstreaming in sport” adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 21 January 2015).

GENDER EQUALITY / EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN: “Gender equality means an equal visibility, empowerment and participation of both sexes in all spheres of public and private life. Gender equality is the opposite of gender inequality, not of gender difference, and aims to promote the full participation of women and men in society” (Council of Europe, Gender Mainstreaming conceptual framework, methodology and presentation of good practices - Final Report of Activities of the Group of Specialists on Mainstreaming (2004)). The Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy 2014-2017 adds that gender equality “also means an equal access to and distribution of resources between women and men” (Cf. also Council of Europe glossary on gender equality).

GENDER BALANCE: In this survey, gender equality and gender balance are used as synonyms.

GENDER STEREOTYPES: Gender stereotypes are preconceived ideas whereby males and females are arbitrarily assigned characteristics and roles determined and limited by their sex. Sex stereotyping can limit the development of the natural talents and abilities of boys and girls, women and men, their educational and professional experiences as well as life opportunities in general (Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy 2014-2017. Cf. also Council of Europe glossary on gender equality).

GRASSROOTS SPORT: “Grassroots sport is physical leisure activity, organised and non-organised, practised regularly at non-professional level for health, educational or social purposes” (European Commission, Report to Commissioner Tibor Navracsics ‘Grassroots Sport – Shaping Europe’. High Level Group on Grassroots Sport, June 2016) .

MEDIA: “All actors involved in the production and dissemination, to potentially large numbers of people, of content (for example information, analysis, comment, opinion, education, culture, art and entertainment in text, audio, visual, audiovisual or other form) and applications which are designed to facilitate interactive mass communication (for example social networks) or other content-based large-scale interactive experiences (for example online games), while retaining (in all these cases) editorial control or oversight of the contents” (Recommendation CM/Rec(2011)7 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on a new notion of media, cf. also Handbook on the implementation of Recommendation CM/Rec(2013)1 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on gender equality and media).

SPORT: ““Sport” refers to all forms of physical activity, which, through casual or organised participation, aims at expressing or improving physical fitness and mental well-being, forming social relationships or obtaining results in competition at all levels” (Recommendation CM/Rec(2015)2 “Gender mainstreaming in sport” adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 21 January 2015).

STRATEGY ON GENDER EQUALITY IN SPORT: “A successful international or national strategy on gender equality in sport follows a balanced approach in the definition of realistic objectives. By proposing specific measures, an international or a national strategy should help Member States or sport organisations to make the necessary policy choices and launch concrete actions” (European Commission, Expert Group on Good Governance, Recommendations on Gender Equality in Sport, 2016).