Laurent Petrynka
ISF President
Philippe Close
Mayor, City of Brussels
Benoit Hellings
First Alderman in charge of Climate & Sports, City of Brussels
Mariya Gabriel
European Commissioner in charge of Innovation, Research, Education & Youth
Valérie Glatigny
Minister of Sports and Promotion of Brussels of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation
Brigitte Dero
Managing Director, VinylPlus
The largest INTERNATIONAL EVENT PROMOTING SCHOOLGIRLS’ PARTICIPATION AND LEADERSHIP IN AND THROUGH SPORT
Founded in 1972, the International School Sport Federation (ISF) is an international non-profit sport organisation, acting as the umbrella organisation and governing body for national school sport organisations around the world, organising sport, and educational events for youth from 6 to 18 years old. Recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since 1995, the ISF currently consists of 132 members over the five continents organising over 10 events per year and has more than 30 different sports included in its competition programme.
Founded by the International School Sport Federation (ISF), the SHE RUNS – ACTIVE GIRLS’LEAD event aims at promoting girls’ health, empowerment, and leadership through sport and schools. As a flagship international non competitive and grassroots sport event striving for Gender Equality promotion, the first edition of She Runs has been launched in March 2019 in the framework of the International Women’s Day campaign. In 2022 the Capital of Europe, Brussels decided to host and co-organise the second edition to highlight its vision in regards to women’s participation in sport and women leadership in and through sport.
“She Runs – Active Girls’ Lead” is a unique international running and educational event promoting the girl’s wellbeing and leadership through school sport. The event message focus on the importance of participation and accessibility of young women to sport through school and how it contributes to develop leadership skills and empower themselves. She Runs – Active Girls’ Lead is a specific event of the International School Sport Federation to contribute to gender equality, while creating and developing a network of young women leaders in school sport
Participating Countries
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Congo
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- England
- Finland
- France
- Iceland
- Lithuania
- Morocco
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Romania
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- Ukraine