Male dominance in Norwegian sport: Top officials depend on a ‘ground crew’ at home
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- 10 Feb 2023
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Doctoral candidate Hanne Sogn believes male dominance among top officials in Norwegian sport is still a problem. The hectic working day in which top officials have to be available 24/7 is one of the biggest challenges.
"My message is that we have to stop focusing on women; fix the system instead!"
Hanne Sogn has clear recommendations for Norwegian sport in her doctoral thesis. In it, she asks the question: Why do men still have the most power and influence in Norwegian sport?
That was the question Sogn was addressing when she started work on her doctorate in 2018. She has herself been one of the exceptions in Norwegian sport.
A female secretary general.
For six and a half years in the Norwegian Basketball Association and a year as a deputy in the same position in the Norwegian Climbing Association.
She didn't think too much about the fact that she was a rare commodity. Until one day she was presented with the cold facts.
85 per cent of the elected top officials were men. Here we are talking about those who are often called president of their federation. But there was no more lighthearted reading among the administrative (secretary general) or top management of branches of the sport organisation.
The proportion was between 70 and 85 per cent in all groups.
Sogn wanted to find out about this problem, and so the doctorate eventually came about.
Has interviewed close to 40 managers
In recent years, this doctoral candidate has been deeply involved in Norwegian sport. She has participated in and observed meetings arranged by NIF (the Norwegian Confederation of Sports), followed the day-to-day activities of many of the top officials, and not least interviewed almost 40 current and former top officials.Read More…
