logo
episode-header-image
Mar 2022
30m 22s

We Have a Goal: Sport and Gender Equalit...

AMY PURDY
About this episode

How does sport help us change the world for the better? In We Have a Goal, a four-episode podcast series supported by Worldwide Olympic Partner Panasonic, Paralympian and motivational speaker Amy Purdy talks to IOC Young Leaders about their own journeys and how they’re driving change in the areas of gender equality, inclusion, sustainability and peacebuilding.

The first out of four episodes of the podcast series “We Have a Goal” focuses on gender equality. Paralympian Amy Purdy is joined by three inspiring IOC Young Leaders Aneta Grabmüllerová, Olympian Jemima Montag, and Adriana Escobar as they share how they are working towards gender balance in sport, on and off the field of play.

Up next
Apr 2022
We Have A Goal: Sport and Sustainability with IOC Young Leaders
In the final episode of We Have a Goal, we explore how sport can contribute to achieving Sustainable Development Goals, with an emphasis on the environmental dimension. Team USA Paralympic medalist Amy Purdy and IOC Young Leaders discuss ways in which to consider sustainability p ... Show More
32m 6s
Apr 2022
We Have A Goal: Sport and Inclusion with IOC Young Leaders
Reducing inequality is key in creating more inclusive communities. In this third episode of We Have a Goal, Team USA Paralympic medalist Amy Purdy and IOC Young Leaders discuss the inequalities which currently exist for individuals and groups, with a special focus on those with d ... Show More
32m 54s
Apr 2022
We Have A Goal: Sport and Peacebuilding with IOC Young Leaders
The second in the four-episode podcast series “We Have a Goal” focuses on promoting peace through sport. Paralympian Amy Purdy is joined by three inspiring IOC Young Leaders: Sophia Papamichalopoulos, OLY (Cyprus), Waleed Abu Nada (Jordan) and Elena Mercedes Haro Lima (Guatemala) ... Show More
33m 55s
Recommended Episodes
Jul 2024
Olympic-sized solutions
As athletes from around the world strive for glory at the Paris Olympics, we look at how sport has a unique ability to change people’s lives for the better. In a refugee camp in Lebanon we meet those who are being inspired by that most traditional of sports, cricket. In Kenya we ... Show More
23m 19s
Feb 2025
Gender Equality in Action: The Role of Project Leaders
<p>International Women’s Day is a clarion call for gender equality—and project professionals around the globe are taking bold action to advance the cause. Our guests discuss the projects they’re leading to empower girls and women, how they ensure they’re delivering positive socia ... Show More
27m 57s
Mar 2020
Transcending Sport: S2E5 - Women's sport: why it matters
My guest is Australian academic and activist Nadia Bevan who recently wrote an article on women’s sport and why it matters in which she made the case for why this is a momentous time for women’s sport. Nadia shares her perspective on where sport for women is in Australia with man ... Show More
32m 42s
Mar 2022
Women in Sports (w/ Megan Rapinoe)
This week, Chelsea is sitting down with soccer star and equal pay advocate Megan Rapinoe to look at women in sports – the progress we’ve made toward equality and what needsto happen next. Megan and Chelsea are talking on the heels of a major victory off the field —a settlement de ... Show More
29m 21s
Dec 2021
Olympics, Ageism and Owning Your Story w/ Leslie Maxie, OLY - Shared Diversity with Sina Port
How do you perform like an Olympic athlete? What's the matter with grey hair? And how do I find my voice? In this podcast, we talk about business, branding, and womanhood. In this episode, Sina Port talked with Leslie Maxie about how to claim your space, find your voice, and coun ... Show More
53m 10s
Dec 2023
Building Bridges: Advocacy, Leadership, and Reparations with Areva Martin
In this powerful final episode with Areva Martin, we explore the path forward for gender equality in the workplace and society as a whole. Areva shares her insights on fostering supportive communities, encouraging women to embrace leadership roles, and collectively moving towards ... Show More
32m 55s
Aug 2024
Inspiring While Perspiring
If you’ve ever felt inspired by watching athletes sweat it out for gold medals, we have a treat for you.  Amy and T.J. are joined by 17 time Paralympic medalist Oksana Masters who shares her inspirational story of going from a Ukrainian orphanage and losing both her legs to being ... Show More
36m 43s
Aug 2024
Surround yourself with people who are going to motivate and inspire you.
<p>Bringing the spirit of the Olympics to the podcast this week and cheering on all the athletes with their efforts and sportsmanship but we are celebrating too! After our trip to the Maranoa region we received the best message on Friday saying they had heard 3 children go home t ... Show More
31m 29s
Jul 2023
BBC OS Conversations: Women in sport
The Women’s World Cup is underway and global attention is once again on women in sport. Host James Reynolds brings together Preeti Singh, a national and international basketball player for India, lawyer and former England netball player Eboni Usoro-Brown and Jennifer Jones, one o ... Show More
23m 58s