conducting a survey on attitudes and issues faced by women leaders in our sport.  Everyone, be it athletes, coaches, officials, judges, helpers, volunteers, parents or fans or friends with an interest in athletics is invited to take part provided they are eighteen years of age or older.  In fact everyone of any responsible age with an interest in athletics is invited to take part.

For all those that complete the all of this three part survey –  the first part of which extending from the 25 October 2010 right up to the 7 January 2011 -  there will be a host of prizes that can be won in a draw intended to incentive participation.  The main prizes in this draw will be two all-expense paid trips for two persons each to watch the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Paris at the start of spring in the coming year. 
 (Please see link for registration and completion of the first part of the Survey on reading further)

The Survey.   

• The Women Leaders in Athletics Survey has been prepared by researchers from the Vrije Universitet of Amsterdam and the University of Lausanne.
• It comprises three parts and will be conducted entirely online.
• There is no cost for participating and everyone with an interest in athletics is encouraged to take part.  All responses will be held completely confidential.  
• The first part of the Survey takes about 10 minutes to complete.  There are no right or wrong answers.  All that matters is your individual opinion.  After completing the first part participants will be contacted directly, through the mail addresses submitted, to take part in the two subsequent parts.

The Prize Draw.

• Participants must complete all three parts of the survey to be entered in the lottery and get a chance to win a prize.
• Entry is limited to one per person.
• Entries close January 7, 2011
• Prizes will be drawn end of January 2011
• Announcement of the prize winners will be made on this web-page.
• Winners will also be notified on the e-mail address submitted in the registration process.
• Terms and conditions apply.

Click here to take part in the survey now.

About the Project.
Gender is an important issue for the future of athletics.
To continue to grow and develop the sport needs to attract more participants – athletes, coaches, officials, volunteers, fans and so on and so forth.

Currently women are underrepresented in the sport’s leadership positions in many countries.

The aim of the project ‘Closing the Leadership Gender Gap in European Athletics’ is to find ways to address this situation and promote the development of women leaders at all levels of athletics.

The European Union has awarded a grant of more than €215,000 to a consortium of nine national athletics federations, the Malta Amateur Athletic Association being a full and equal partner, to conduct the survey.

A complete project report will be published on this webpage and circulated through the Maltese media in June 2011.

For further information vide http://www.european-athletics.org/european-unionprojects.html

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