The URJC co-directs the new Women's Sport Observatory

Raul Garcia Hemonnet

The Observatory was created by the URJC Master's Degree in Continuing Education in Sports Law and the Iberdrola Chair of Economic and Business Ethics (Comillas Pontifical University).

According to Raúl López Martínez, professor, expert in Sports Law and director of the Observatory, “we are going to focus on the sports with the most followers. We are going to carry out studies, courses and perhaps a specialized master's degree.”

The Observatory is made up of specialists in different fields such as Law and women's sport, journalists and renowned figures from different sports disciplines.

“We want to do serious and conscientious work that will serve to lay the foundations for women's sport. We are going to put our finger on the sore spot in all the areas that can be improved and we are going to offer solutions.”

Javier Arroyo, director of the Master's Degree in Continuing Education in Sports Law and member of the Observatory, points out that "a series of studies and activities will be carried out to develop women's sport and help the different actors in the sector make decisions."

Specifically, this new Observatory will address issues such as the analysis of statistics and relevant data on women's sport, the economy of this sector, existing policy and regulation, and the training and development of this sport. In addition, subjects such as representation and visibility, social and cultural studies related to women's sporting practice, and innovation and technology in this field will be analysed. The Observatory also plans to analyse different success stories.

As a first activity, the group will analyse the participation of women in the governing bodies of sports institutions in Spain.

An example of collaboration between institutions working to provide scientific and academic certainty in the fight for equality in sport.