{"id":649,"date":"2015-08-08T09:32:15","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T08:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/centre-for-sport-physical-education-and-activity-research\/?p=649"},"modified":"2026-01-27T11:18:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:18:59","slug":"impact-of-mega-sporting-events-on-childrens-rights-and-other-social-justice-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/centre-for-sport-physical-education-and-activity-research\/impact-of-mega-sporting-events-on-childrens-rights-and-other-social-justice-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact of mega sporting events on children&#8217;s rights and other social justice issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This project involved developing evidence-based insights around the impact of mega sporting events (MSEs) on human rights and social justice issues experienced by children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of the project was to clarify linkages, gaps and differences, encourage joint thinking and inform more coherent approaches from a children\u2019s rights standpoint. The final report provides a broad thematic review of MSEs impacts on children in relation to labour, LGBT, women and housing, and social justice issues as they relate to the environment, security and corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Findings<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MSEs are an opportunity to focus attention on manufacturing supply chains to improve workforce conditions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The recognition of children\u2019s rights in Olympic Agenda 21 may provide momentum for other MSEs to do the same<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MSEs displace communities and when this happens children are impacted, however, the nature and scale of this impact varies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong>&nbsp;2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Client:<\/strong>&nbsp;Terres des Hommes and the Oak Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-40330ad6-f05e-421a-88b3-a08b0bd09ba4\" href=\"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/centre-for-sport-physical-education-and-activity-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/06\/Mega-Sporting-events.pdf\">Mega Sporting events<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/centre-for-sport-physical-education-and-activity-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/06\/Mega-Sporting-events.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-40330ad6-f05e-421a-88b3-a08b0bd09ba4\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-fa4ee63f-76b0-4e23-9813-68478d84ceb1\" 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