Physical Education and Sport: Promoting Gender Equality

The 17th Congress the International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women (IAPESGW)  will be held in Havana, Cuba, 10 - 13 April, 2013.

The four key themes of the Congress are:

1. Pedagogy: Physical Education, School Sport and Dance in Education;

2. Leadership and Coaching from grassroots to high performance;

3. Education and development through sport.;

4. Embracing diversity: opportunities for all.

Keynote speakers include:

Prof. Doune MacDonald - Head of the School of Human Movement Studies, Queensland University, Australia;

Prof. Rosa López de D’Amico - Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador Maracay, Venezuela;

Prof. Darlene Kluka - Dean of the School of Human Performance and Leisure Sciences, Barry University, Florida, United States of America;

Dr. C. Gladys Bequer - National Director of Physical Education and Health Promotion, INDER, Cuba;

Prof. Tess Kay - Director of Brunel Centre for Sport Health and Wellbeing (BC•SHaW), Brunel University, United Kingdom; and

Lic. Alberto Juantorena Danger - Vice President INDER, Cuba.