Abstract

From 9-11 December 2004, the International Congress on "Women, Sport & Leadership" was held in Berlin, Germany. Participants from more than 15 countries attended this unique event, which brought together experts from diverse fields of expertise and from several different regions of the world. It was our aim to increase and intensify the exchange of information and to encourage cross-disciplinary dialogue. In addition we endeavoured to build bridges between researchers and practitioners involved in the areas of women, sport and leadership. This publication contains speeches, manuscripts of paper presented and the summaries of workshops and posters. It is our hope that the publication of these proceedings will make an important contribution to intensified scientific efforts and the dissemination of the most recent findings with a broader public. Enhanced communication and dialogue is part of an empowering process for all involved to ensure equal opportunity for women, not only on the playing field in sport, but also at the leadership level in all sectors of society, and, in particular, in sport. The authors and their topics are: I. Words of welcome. II. Scientific perspectives. 1. Pfister, Gertrud; Doll-Tepper, Gudrun; Radtke, Sabine: Women taking the lead? 2. Fasting, Kari: Strategies for developing gender equity in sport leadership. 3. Gems, Gerald: The American way to gender equity - Title IX and its consequences. 4. Hartmann-Tews, Ilse; Combrink, Claudia: Under-representation of women in governing bodies of sport. 5. Ottesen, Laila: Coaching - a gendered profession?. 6. Diketmüller, Rosa: Gender-training for coaches. 7. White, Anita: Women, leadership and the Olympic Movement. 8. Hovden, Jorid: Gender political consequences of male dominance. 9. Skirstad, Berit: Women's influence in sport as internal and external stakeholders. 10. Olenik, Lisa: The social construction of disability. 11. Claringbould, Inge; Knoppers, Annelies; Elling, Agnes: Finding a woman who fits. 12. Dong, Jinxia: Gender relations in Chinese elite sports. III. "Best practice" presentations. 13. German universities sports federation: Job perspective or voluntary work. 14. University Northumbria: Women into sport: A case study from the north east of England. 15. Land sports confederation Rhineland-Palatinate: Sport is good for Rhineland-Palatinate. 16. Land sports confederation lower Saxony: Women demonstrate self-confidence in public. 17. Land sports confederation Hamburg: Women in voluntary leadership positions in organised sports. 18. German fencing federation: Fencing goes gender mainstreaming. 19. Bavarian handball federation: Teamwork - between committees, generations and genders. 20. Physical education organisation of I.R. Iran. IV. Scientific exchange. 21. Pfister, Gertrud; Hovden, Jorid: Session "Theory". 22. Hartmann-Tews, Ilse; Skirstad, Berit: Session "Methods". 23. Gems, Gerald; Olenik, Lisa; Fischer, Nanda: Session "Results". 24. Dong, Jinxia; Elling, Agnes; Claringbould, Inge: Session "Cooperation between Research & Practice". Vorwort und Inhaltsverzeichnis