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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Gender Equality in Sports
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was created by Pierre, Baron de Coubertin, in 1894 and is now considered “the supreme authority of the Olympic movement” [1]. Its headquarters are located in Lausanne, Switzerland. The title of supreme authority of the Olympic movement consists of many different duties, which include promoting Olympic values, maintaining the regular celebration of the Olympic Games, and supporting any organization that is connected with the Olympic movement [1]. Some of the Olympic values that the IOC promotes are practicing sport ethically, eliminating discrimination from sports, encouraging women’s involvement in sport, fighting the use of drugs in sport, and blending sport, culture, and education [1]. The IOC supports these values by creating different commissions that focus on a particular area. These commissions hold conferences throughout the year where different people around the world discuss ideas and ways to implement the Olympic values into the lives of people internationally [1]. The commissions also have the responsibility of reporting their findings to the President of the IOC and its Executive Board [1]. The President has the authority to assign members to different commissions based on the person’s interests and specialties.
The IOC can contain up to 115 members, and currently, the members of the IOC come from 79 different countries [1]. The IOC is considered a powerful authority throughout the world as it creates policies that become standards for other countries to follow in the sporting arena [2].