Established in 2009, the FISU Gender Equality Awards were created to raise awareness and acknowledge existing projects in the University Sports Movement designed to achieve gender equality in sport.
Awarded biannually, the Awards aim to promote the advancement of gender equality in sport and recognise outstanding efforts and achievements to increase the participation of women involved in university sport and to promote better gender balance in academia, and therefore to complement the resources institutions allocate to gender equality.
Following ten successful editions of the FISU Gender Equality Awards, the FISU Gender Equality Committee (GEC) proposed in 2020 to expand the Awards, to not only recognise Higher Education Institutions/Universities, National University Sports Federations (NUSF) and Continental Associations (CUSF) who have developed outstanding projects designed to advance and achieve gender equality in sport, but to also reward individuals in the university sports movement, who have made significant efforts to advance and achieve gender equality in University Sports in their country, continent or internationally.
The newly named FISU Gender Equality Awards therefore now consist of two awards:
- FISU Gender Equality Project Award
- FISU Gender Equality Champion Award
Previous Award Winners
| Edition | Project & Winner | Implementing organisation | More |
| 2023 | Champion Award: Samar Judah Mousa | Palestinian University Sports | FISU Gender Equality Awards presented for 2023 – FISU |
| 2023 | Project Award: Portuguese Academic Federation of University Sport (FADU) Project title: Challenge the Numbers | Portuguese Academic Federation of University Sport (FADU) | FISU Gender Equality Awards presented for 2023 – FISU |
Previous Award Winners (2009-2021)
2021
Champion: Lakshika Madhushani – Implementing organisation: Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
Project: The FA University Women’s Leadership Programme – Implementing organisation : British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS)
2019
Project: Participation of Women at the National University Sports Festival – Implementing organisation: Universities Sport Association of Ethiopia (USAE)
2017
Project: Equality promotion plan between women and men in university sports – Implementing organisation: University Sports Federation of Costa Rica (FEDEU)
2015
Project: Gender Equality in University Sport – Implementing organisation: National University Sport Federation of Spain (CEDU)
2013
Project: Mentoring Program for Female Leaders in Norwegian University Sports – Implementing organisation: National University Sport Federation of Norway (NSI)
2011
Project: The Women’s Sports Day – Implementing organisation: National University Sport Federation of Kenya (KUSA) in conjunction with Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and technology (JKUAT)
2009
Project: Tandem: Mentoring for Young Women in University Sports – Implementing organisation: National University Sport Federation of Germany (ADH)
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