Abstract
In developed countries, youth sport participation remains a hallmark of childhood for most children of middle to higher income backgrounds. In lower-income countries as well as America’s low-income neighborhoods, sport access is limited. Data from the Aspen Institute of Sport and Society found that children from low-income households are half as likely to play one day’s worth of team sport than children from households earning at least $100,000. How do we make sport equitable for all, including those most often left out of sports participation, such as women, immigrants, people of color, refugees, and those who are differently-abled? Through a UN human rights framework, this focused discussion will discuss goals, processes, outcomes and strategies for coaches, policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and managers to apply a human rights-based approach to sport in order to increase access for all populations while contributing to community identity and development. Sports’ contribution to the global Sustainable Development Goals will also be discussed to leave participants aware of empowering frameworks for a variety of contexts, both domestically in the US and globally. Attendees will be able to articulate how sports greatly contribute to global and community level development agendas.
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