Ministry of Sports managed to approve a decree to promote women’s sports

After the proposal of the Minister of Sports, Guillermo Herrera, President Iván Duque approved this Thursday, June 2, decree 941 that partially regulates articles 3 of Law 181 of 1995 and 4 of Law 1967 of 2019, and Part 14 of Book 2 of Decree 1085 of 2015 is added. These, referred to the promotion and planning of competitive and high-performance women’s sports.

“This decree regulates the conditions under which resources from the National Budget will be allocated to the promotion of equal opportunities in the access and development of sports practiceby Colombian women and girls, and the guidelines for the investment and legalization of resources destined to promote and plan competitive and high-performance women’s sports are defined,” the Ministry of Sports reported in a statement.

“In each contract or agreement intended to finance or co-finance the development of activities in charge of national, conventional or Paralympic sports federations, the ministry established a minimum percentage of 30 percent of the annual allocation, to finance the promotion and/or projection of women’s sport. As for the Paralympic sector, a minimum of 10 percent was allocated for this 2022 in the aforementioned initial exercise, but from next year, the percentage should not be less than 30 “, added the entity.

“This is a recognition of the contribution of women in the sector and undoubtedly marks a before and after in the history of Colombian sports.“, Minister Herrera concluded.

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