Using the Olympics Core Values in Mitigating Gender Based Violence (Gbv) Among Female Athletes of University of Benin, Benin-city Nuga Contingents.
CHAPTER ONE
Objective of the study
The objective of the study are;
- To find out why male athlete always harass female athletes in University of Benin
- To find out whether friendship in sport mitigate gender base violence among female athletes in University of Benin
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
HISTORY OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES
Olympic games were first commenced near the river of Alpheus in “Olympia” in Greece, which thus paved the way of naming it as ‘OLYMPIC GAMES” (Chandana 1996). During the very early periods, the Greeks used the Olympic games as a mode of paying respect to god Zeus. Later on, the Olympic games was recognized as a sports festival. The Olympic games receive a huge respect from the Greeks, if there is a war, that the war would be stopped in a period of games and then commenced again after the games ends (Chandana 1996). Furthermore, in the past, females were restricted from participating in the Olympic games. They were also never granted permission to be a part of the audience. In the year of 1896 Pierre De Cubatine with the intention of spreading good will among the world population through the Olympic games brought a new era with his modern Olympic games. He refused racism and respected the democracy. Cubatine started the modern Olympic games with the theme “Participation is better than winning the games”, in order to build upfriendship, understanding and fair play among the athletes. The international Olympic committee (IOC) furthermore contributed Cubatine’s work by introducing “Olympic Values” to the athletes in order to spread peace and friendship all over the world.
Chapter Three
Research Methodology
Research Design
The research design adopted in this research work is the survey research design which involves the usage of self-designed questionnaire in the collection of data. Under the survey research design, primary data of this study will be collected from athletes from University of Benin in order to determine using the Olympics core values in mitigating gender based violence among female athletes. The design was chosen because it enables the researcher to collect data without manipulation of any variables of interest in the study. The design also provides opportunity for equal chance of participation in the study for respondents.
Population of Study
The population of study is the census of all items or a subject that possess the characteristics or that have the knowledge of the phenomenon that is being studied (Asiaka, 1991). It also means the aggregate people from which the sample is to be drawn.
Population is sometimes referred to as the universe. The population of this research study will be Seventy-five (75) selected athletes from University of Benin
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter is about the analysis and presentation of data collected from the field through questionnaire. The analysis of the data with particular question immediately followed by the presentation of findings.
As mentioned in chapter three, 75 questionnaires were administered and 50 were retrieved and necessary analysis was carried out on them and presented as follows:
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was to ascertain using the Olympics core values in mitigating gender based violence among female athletes of university of Benin, Benin city Nuga contingents. In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenges of using the Olympics core values in mitigating gender based violence among female athletes
Summary
This study was on using the Olympics core values in mitigating gender based violence among female athletes of university of Benin, Benin city Nuga contingents. Three objectives were raised which included: To find out why male athlete always harass female athletes in University of Benin and to find out whether friendship in sport mitigate gender base violence among female athletes in University of Benin. The total population for the study is 75 athlete in University of Benin. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using simple percentages and frequencies
Conclusion
The conclusion drawn is that female and male athletes seem to have experienced about the same amount of harassment and abuse, independent of the type of violence. Most of the published work on sexual harassment and abuse in sport has focused on male perpetrators and the experiences of females, particularly the male coach-female athlete scenario. It is a common perception that female athletes experience harassment and abuse more often than male athletes. The experiences of harassment and abuse of boys and men in sport is therefore an under-researched area. However, a few studies indicate that young men in sport also have such unwanted experiences: a large sample study from UK found that more young women than young men reported sexual harassment, but more boys than girls reported sexual abuse. A study of youth in Canada found that more female than male athletes where sexually abused, but with respect to sexual harassment, female and male athletes had experienced similar rates of sexual harassment within the last 12 months
Recommendation
All sports organizations should develop a policy, including an action plan for the prevention of harassment and abuse
All sport organizations should develop and implement mandatory procedures for how to handle cases of sexual harassment and abuse, including complaint procedures, and punitive measures for perpetrators.
As part of the action plans, educational programs/workshops on harassment and abuse should be developed and implemented. This should be mandatory in coach education, but as stressed by the participants in this study, it should be also directed to athletes and other stakeholders in sports
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