Brighton Plus Helsinki Declaration Signatories: Africa

The following organisations, councils, associations, federations and commissions are signatories of the Brighton plus Helsinki Declaration, and have made commitment towards equity and equality for women and girls in sport and physical activity. 

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Africa Sports Councils, Associations, and Commissions 

  • Associations des Femmes Beninoises pour le Sport (AFBS) Benin 
  • Botswana National Sports Council 
  • Egypt Supreme Council for Youth and Sport 
  • Football Union Botswana 
  • Guyana Olympic Association
  • Moroccan Association of Sport and Development (AMSD) 
  • Namibia Sports Commission 
  • National Sports Council of Tanzania 
  • South Africa Commonwealth Games Association (SASCOC) 
  • South Africa National Department of Sport and Recreation 
  • South Africa National Sports Council (SASCOC) 
  • Zimbabwe Sports Commission 

Africa Olympic Committees 

  • Botswana National Olympic Committee 
  • Comite National Olympique de Cote d ‘Ivoire 
  • Congo National Olympic and Sport Committee (CNOSC) 
  • Gambia Olympic Committee 
  • Ghana Olympic Committee 
  • Ivory Coast Olympic Committee
  • Lesotho Olympic Committee 
  • Madagascar Olympic Committee 
  • Mali Olympic Committee 
  • Morocco Olympic Committee 
  • Namibia Olympic Committee 
  • Senegal Olympic Committee 
  • Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association
  • Swaziland Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association 
  • Uganda Olympic Committee 
  • Zimbabwe Olympic Committee 

Africa Sports Federations and Organisations   

  • 16 National Sports Federations 
  • African Chess Confederation 
  • Ardhi University
  • Association of Uganda University Sports
  • Bindura University of Science Education
  • Botswana Basketball Association 
  • Botswana Boxing Association 
  • Botswana Cricket Association 
  • Botswana Football Association 
  • Botswana Integrated Sports Association (BISA)
  • Botswana Karate Association 
  • Botswana Netball Association 
  • Botswana Softball Association 
  • Cameroon Baseball and Softball Federation 
  • Confederation of University and College Sports Association
  • Congo 
  • Cricket Namibia 
  • Federation Burkinabe de Baseball et de Softball 
  • Federation Ivorienne de Baseball et Softball 
  • Federation of Africa University Sport
  • Federation of East Africa University Sport
  • Kaimosi Friends University College (KAFUCO)
  • Kenya Baseball Federation 
  • Kenya Softball Federation 
  • Kenya Taekwondo Federation
  • Kenya University Sports Federation
  • Kibabii University (KIBU)
  • Kusa Nairobi North
  • Lesotho Baseball and Softball Association 
  • Lesotho Cricket Association 
  • Malawi Cricket Union
  • Makerere University
  • Masinde Muliro University of Science and Tech (MMUST) 
  • Maseno University
  • Mount Kenya University
  • Mozambican Cricket Association 
  • Namibia Softball Association 
  • National Netball Association of Swaziland 
  • Ndejje University
  • Netball Association of Namibia 
  • Netball Nigeria 
  • Netball South Africa 
  • Nigeria Baseball and Softball Association 
  • Nigerian University Games Associations
  • Softball South Africa 
  • South African Baseball Union 
  • Swaziland Cricket Association 
  • Swaziland National Sports Federation 
  • Tanzania Baseball and Softball Association 
  • Tanzania Universities Sports Association (TUSA)
  • Uganda Baseball and Softball Association 
  • Uganda Netball Federation 
  • Uganda Woodball Federation
  • United States International University – Africa
  • University of Dodoma
  • University of Johannesburg
  • Universities Sports Association of Ethiopia
  • West African University Games
  • Zambia Cricket Association 
  • Zambia Softball Baseball Association 
  • Zambia University Sports Federation
  • Zimbabwe Baseball Federation
  • Zimbabwe Universities Sports Association 

Africa Women and Sports

  • Algerian Association for Women’s Sport Development 
  • Faculty of Physical Education for Girls, Alexandria University (Egypt) 
  • Madagascar Women and Sport 
  • Mauritius National Commission on Women and Sport 
  • National Association Women Physical Activity and Sport (ANFAPS) 
  • Nigerian Association of Women in Sport 
  • Seychelles Women and Sport Association 
  • Sierra Leone Association of Women in Sports (SLAWS) 
  • South African Women And Sport Foundation 
  • Sport Society of Egyptian Women 
  • Uganda Sports Women’s Association 
  • Women and Sport Botswana 
  • Women and Sport South Africa (WASSA) 
  • Women in Sport Foundation Zimbabwe
  • Women Sport Africa Network 
  • Women’s Sports Association of Ghana
  • Zambia National Organisation for Women in Sport Physical Activity and Recreation (NOWSPAR)

Africa Government 

  • 13 Regional Governors 
  • Arab Ministers of Youth and Sport
  • Ministry of Basic Education, Sport and Culture (Namibia) 
  • Ministry of Home Affairs (Swaziland) 
  • Ministry of Land, Resettlement and Rehabilitation (Namibia) 
  • Ministry of Women, Family and Children (Tunisia) 
  • Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Child Welfare (Namibia) 
  • Ministry of Youth and Sport (Algeria) 
  • Ministry of Youth and Sport (Republic of Guinea) 
  • Ministry of Youth and Sports (Ghana) 
  • Ministry of Youth and Sports (Mauritius) 
  • Ministry of Youth and Sports (Tunisia) 
  • Namibia School Sports Union 
  • Seychelles Government 
  • South African National Department of Sport and Recreation 
  • Tertiary Institution Sport Association of Namibia 

Africa Regional Organisations 

  • Africa Baseball and Softball Association
  • Africa Netball 
  • Africa Women in Sport Association (AWISA) 
  • FIM Africa 
  • Sports Ministers of Southern Africa (Zone 6) 
  • Supreme Council for Youth and Sport in Africa 

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