The role of the Women and Sport Commission is to advise the IOC
Executive Board on the policy to deploy in the area of promoting
women in sport. Enhance women's participation in sport Following
the recommendations of a Study Commission of the IOC Centennial
Olympic Congress in 1994, a Women and Sport Working Group was
established in 1995 by the then-IOC President to advise the
Executive Board on suitable policies to be implemented in this
field. It became a fully fledged commission in March 2004 which
meets once a year and is a consultative body. On the basis of
its recommendations, an action programme is developed and
implemented by the IOC through its International Cooperation and
Development Department. As a leader of the Olympic Movement,
whose first objective is to promote Olympism and develop sport
worldwide, the IOC has constantly played a complementary role to
establish a positive trend to increase women's participation in
sport at all levels, and especially over the last decades.
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