OVERVIEW

Gender and Sport aims to explore — through the lens of public law — the main issues concerning sports, as well as sports management and organization, from a gender perspective (equality between women and men, violence, inclusion, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability).

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the teaching, participants will be able to understand the impact of gender and equality between women and men in the various spheres of life and work, taking sport as the main perspective of observation; they will be able to recognize and evaluate the consequences (including indirect ones) on gender equality of legislative and jurisprudential interventions at national, European Union and international level in the field of sport; they will be able to compare the Italian situation with that of other States with regard to equality between men and women in sport; they will be able to recognize, in different sport contexts, the existence of gender discrimination, direct and indirect, and become aware of the instruments to remedy them; they will get the necessary knowledge to build relationships of equality and non-discrimination in sport.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Gender and sport is addressed to ALL students who want to know how and at what extent power's asymmetries between women and men reduce the quality of everyone's life, together with democracy and the value (economical, cultural, scientific, relational, etc...) of Italy.

By attending and actively participating to the lessons and indivual study students will be able:

• to understand the problem of the asymmetries of powers between man and women in sport; 
• to recognize the different sources of Italian, international and European Union public law that protect equality and non-discrimination on the basis of sex/gender and disability in sport;
• to understand the difference between direct and indirect discrimination;
• to understand the impact of discrimination between women and men in sport;
• to know what positive actions are and how they can be used (especially in sport);
• to understand the role of sport and ordinary judges, as well as judicial review in protecting equality between women and men in sport;
• to read and critically analyze the main judgments of sport, ordinary judges and the Constitutional Court on gender non-discrimination;
• to analyze and critically interpret, in the perspective of constitutional law, current news and events;
• to identify the modalities for protecting fundamental rights and freedoms in a gender perspective;
• to acquire and adequately use legal language related to gender issues. 

PREREQUISITES

Basic knowledge of Public law.

TEACHING METHODS

The course is made of 36 class hours "in presence".  

Attendance in the classroom is not mandatory BUT strongly recommended. 

The professor will upload on Aulaweb the materials needed for lessons and for individual study (summaries, laws, documents, judgments). 

During classes experts (professors, sport professionals, etc ....) may be invited to address specific topics and / or seminars and conferences will be suggested.

Students are recommended to enroll in Aulaweb to be informed about the teaching all along it (and even after).

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The teaching includes the study of the following topics:

• Gender equality, non-discrimination and equal opportunities n sport; 
• The sources of law that protect equality between women and men at national, international and EU level; 
• Gender, sport and politics; 
• Gender and work; 
• The rights/duties of care from a gender perspective; 
• Gender-based violence in sport;  
• Gender appropriate and inclusive language.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

The professor will communicate and upload on Aulaweb the texts on which to prepare the exam at the beginning of class. 

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Lessons will be held in the first semester of academic year 2025/26.

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

To take the exam, registration through the appropriate online procedure is mandatory.
Students who are not registered will not be admitted to the exam.

The exam is written and structured as follows:

• 6 multiple-choice questions, each with one correct answer and two incorrect options. Each correct answer is worth 3 points, for a maximum of 18/30.

• 1 open-ended question (essay-style), worth up to 12/30.

A minimum score of 18/30 is required to pass the exam. If this score is not achieved, the exam will be considered failed and must be retaken.

The Examination Board is appointed by the Department Council and, unless otherwise prevented, is chaired by the course instructor.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

First, the student will be expected to demonstrate: knowledge of the course topics, appropriate order in the presentation of the topics, and competence in legal and genre language. 

Preference will be given to the following skills:

• consistency and completeness of answers;
• ability to apply the information acquired and topics covered to current events;
• reference to the most relevant judgments and/or normative acts;
• sharing of personal considerations, duly motivated and argued. 

Attendance and active participation in class will also be taken into consideration. 

FURTHER INFORMATION

Students with certification of DSA, disability and/or other special educational needs are recommended to contact both the referent for disability Prof. Aristide Canepa (aristide.canepa@unige.it) and the professor of the teaching at the beginning of the course, to agree on teaching and examination methods which, in compliance with the objectives of the course, will conider individual learning modalities and provide suitable compensatory instruments.

For further information please visit the Unige website at  https://unige.it/disabilita-dsa/studenti-disabilità-informazioni-utili