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- Title
Gender Impact Assessment of the National Posting Project of Licensed Exercise Instructors.
- Authors
Eun-Ha Koh; Yong-Sik Lee; Young-Ok Park; Seong-Sik Cho; Mi-Kyung Hwang
- Abstract
This study aims to analyze the national posting project of licensed exercise instructors with gender-sensitive approach by conducting a gender impact assessment. This research explored gender issues that influenced immensely the planning, management and evaluation stages of the project, and suggested sonic recommendations. The gender impact assessment was drawn up by employing 8 evaluation indexes and 11 detailed questions. Major findings are as follows: First, in planning and decision-making stages, the national posting project did not reflect the current demands of instructors concerning gender perspectives. And the ratio of female members in charge of sports in all committees in local organizations was very low. Second, in the opera ting stage, there was no gender discrimination in the procedures of advertisement and engagement of instructors. However, there is a possibility that female instructors are restricted to a few sports such: as aerobics, dancing and weight training. Third, in the evaluation stage, the participation ratio in this project and time satisfaction level of female instructors were high. However, further attention is needed to the fact that female instructors tend to work in poorer circumstances in the labor market and thins reveal less dissatisfaction than their male counterparts as well as to time possibility that male managers do not have such gender-sensitivity as to notice problems. Finally, government officers, administrators at sport organizations and local managers should have gender-sensitivity and consider gender equality as an important factor in posting exercise instructors. It is necessary to encourage female instructors' professional growth and development and enhance the position of women within all the service areas of public sports.
- Subjects
ATHLETICS; DECISION making; PHYSICAL education research; WEIGHT training; SEX discrimination; GENDER inequality; GENDER; PHYSICAL education teachers; WOMEN physical education teachers
- Publication
International Journal of Applied Sports Sciences, 2010, Vol 22, Issue 2, p113
- ISSN
1598-2939
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24985/ijass.2010.22.2.113