Study published in BMJ journal finds that sporting organisations need to do more to provide meaningful protection for athletes.

BMJ recently published a study titled: “Knowing we have these rights does not always mean we feel free to use them’: athletes’ perceptions of their human rights in sport”, by Yetsa A Tuakli-Wosornu of the Yale School for Pubic Health and others, that concluded:

“Awareness raising is not enough to prevent human rights violations in sports. The cultural climate of the entire ecosystem must be targeted, using systems-level strategies to shift stakeholders’ biases, beliefs and behaviours. This approach takes the onus of addressing abuse off athletes’ shoulders and places accountability on sports organisations”.

The full article can be found HERE.