Women and Sport in Asia

This is the first book to survey the participation of women in sport and physical education across Asia, from the Middle East and South Asia through to the Asia-Pacific region.

Auteur

Maryam Koushkie Jahromi is Professor of exercise physiology, and women's health and sport, at Shiraz University, Iran.

Maria Luisa M. Guinto is Associate Professor and Research Director of the College of Human Kinetics at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Philippines.

Rosa Lopez de D'Amico is Professor at Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador (UPEL), Venezuela.

Contenu

Part I: Background and Initiatives

1 Introduction: Asian Women in Sport

Maryam Koushkie Jahromi, Rosa López de D'Amico and Maria Luisa M. Guinto

2 International Developments in Policy for Equity: Girls and Women in Physical Education and Sport

Rosa López de D'Amico and María Dolores González-Rivera

3 Female Empowerment through 'Sport & Development' in Asia

Marianne Meier

Part II: Country Cases

4 Bangladesh Women and Sport

Mashuda Khatun Shefali

5 Gender Equality and Opportunities in Physical Education and Sport for Women in China

Jian Wang, Min Liu, Tao Wang, Yujie Wang and Siheng Zhou

6 Women and Sport in Hong Kong

Catherine M. Capio and Cindy H.P. Sit

7 Women and Sport in India

Usha Sujit Nair and Nisha Rebecca Eapen

8 Indonesian Muslim Female Athletes: Wearing the Hijab with Pride

Mustika Fitri, Nur Andini Suryalestari and Wulandari Putri

9 Iranian Women in Sport

Maryam Koushkie Jahromi

10 Turning Point for Japanese Women and Sports: From the Moon to the Sun

Yumi Terayama and Arisa Yagi

11 Women and Sport in South Korea: Challenges and Achievements as Stepping Stones to the Future

Kyungock Yi, Hyunmi Heu and Bona Lee

12 Feminist Development in Sports and Physical Education in Macau

Walter Ho, Klaudia Kukurova, Sin Ieng Auieong and Jiaxi Hu

13 Sport in Malaysia: Towards Gender Equality

Selina Khoo and Nor Eeza Zainal Abidin

14 Women's Participation in Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sport in Oman

Yousra Al-Sinani, Anfal Al-Wahaibi and Tansin Benn

15 Women and Sport in Pakistan

Soniha Aslam

16 Women in Philippine Sport and Physical Education: Bridging the Gender Divide

Maria Luisa M. Guinto, Gilda Lasat-Uy and Marilou F. Cantancio

17 Women and Sport in Qatar

Krystyna U. Golkowska

18 Women and Sport in Saudi Arabia

Mona Kamal Shahab, Marta Pérez-Villalba and Elise Kossaifi

19 Women and Sport in Singapore

Emily Ortega and Teoh Chin Sim

20 Women and Sport in Sri Lanka

Lilamani de Soysa, D.L.I.H.K. Peiris and Shiromi De Alwis

21 Women and Sport in the Republic of Tajikistan

Dilbar Turakhanova and Sophia Kasymova

22 Analysis of Women and Sport in Turkey

Canan Koca

23 Exploring the United Arab Emirate's Dynamic Sports Scene for Women

Leonardo Mataruna-Dos-Santos, Nada Abdalmajeed Alshaibani, Mohammed Sayeed Khan and Asli Cazorla Milla

Part III: Moving Forward

24 Conclusion

Maria Luisa M. Guinto, Rosa López de D'Amico and Maryam Koushkie Jahromi