# @womenssportsfoundation on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C6Gs46wu9bt
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/17771024-womenssportsfoundation-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-04-23T12:54:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Women's Sports Foundation (@womenssportsfoundation) — https://gondola.cc/womenssportsfoundation

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#TakeActionTuesday: As April marks Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, continued advocacy and policy making is needed to ensure that sport environments are safe for all athletes and those who work in them. All too often, we’ve seen sports cultures that emphasize the imbalance of power and create situations where athletes are not safeguarded. Athlete safety and wellbeing must be priorities for decision makers and people in positions of power, including policy makers, sports administrators, coaches, parents and the media. 

We have seen major organizational and policy change in recent years because of survivors’ willingness to share their experiences. While strides are being made, there is much work to be done. Learn more below about how you can advocate for yourself and those in your community. #SAAPM #TheEquityProject 

Your Turn: 
1. thearmyofsurvivors, whose mission “is to bring awareness, accountability, and transparency to sexual violence against athletes at all levels,” has readily available resources including access to hotlines, sample policies and guides on creating safe environments. 

2. Learn more and contact your sports’ governing body for their safeguarding policies and if they require mandatory background checks and annual training on abuse. 

3. If you or someone you know needs to make a report involving a sports organization, visit uscenterforsafesport.org, an independent non-profit organization designed to help prevent, recognize and respond to emotional, physical, sexual abuse and misconduct.

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saapm, theequityproject, takeactiontuesday

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