WIR - Woman in Rugby

The project WIR aims at promoting education in and through sport and combating any form of discrimination and intolerance in sport by especially promoting gender equality. The project intends to organize a series of educational and informative activities in secondary schools, and rugby clubs in Italy and in Romania, with the involvement of girls’ parents, to promote and encourage the spread of women's rugby, to raise up a new vision of Rugby that can increasingly encourage the participation of women, break down the stereotype of rugby as a sport for men, and enhance both its educational and playful function. The project would encourage a greater level of physical activity for girls and the development of specific skills such as leadership, sociability, and intuition that will also be useful in their future life in terms of time-planning, management of social relationships, and increase of self-esteem.