-At the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad in Athens in 2004, women competed in 26 sports (out of 28) and 135 events, or 45% of the total number of events. Women represented 40.7% of the total number of athletes competing, a record number. This progress on the field is also the result of various national sports policies and of National Olympic Committees taking advantage of Olympic Solidarity programmes and scholarships to improve their performances
-The participation of women in the Olympic Movement at all levels has changed considerably: it fully represents the values of our modern society worldwide
2. History of the Qatar Women's Sport Committee
The Qatar Women's Sports Committee (QWSC) was proclaimed in the year 2001 by HH Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Heir Apparent of Qatar, President of the Qatar Olympic Committee (the QOC) and Member of the International Olympic Committee.
The QWSC was established in accordance with the decision No (3) for 2000 taken by Her Highness Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser the President of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs.
With the creation of the Committee, Qatar's young women are being provided with more opportunities to pursue their sporting interests to competitive levels.
-The establishment of the QWSC was a major milestone in the women's sports movement in Qatar. It heralded the opening of several women sports centers where women's sporting talent can be discovered and developed under the guidance of specialist female coaches in all fields of sport
-The QWSC started to participate in international competitions; and made a landmark accomplishment by the election of Dr. Anissa Al-Hitmi as Vice-President of the Islamic Women Union (Asia region)
-It was during the 1970s that the increase of women participating in the Games became more significant, reflecting the increased awareness of the positive contribution that sport can make to the well-being of women and the development of women's sports clubs and associations around the world
3. Mission and Objectives
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The QOC is constantly playing a complementary role to set up a positive trend to enhance women's participation in sport at all levels,especially over the last decade
-The QOC, through its Women's Sport Committee, has been working untiringly to implement programmes that enable women and girls to feel fully involved in the universal movement to promote women in and through sport
-To push forward women sports and raise the level of women's sport performance in Qatar
-To support women sports and reinforce women's participation in sports activities
-To create broad awareness of the necessity for women to practice sport and to enrich their productive abilities
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To emphasise Qatari women's participation in sports activities, seminars, conferences and specialist studies locally and internationally
-To elevate the technical and administrative standards of the women's sports activities in Qatar within the general plan designed by the QOC
-To exchange experiences and information plus reinforcing the collaboration with women's sports developing points and organisations around the world
-To open communication channels with local and international sports federations to develop women sport activities
Success of Qatari Women in International Events
-Third Muslim Women's Games in Tehran in October 2001: three medals
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Fifth Women's Tournament in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates in February 2002, winning two teams matches in table tennis, first place in table tennis (single)
-Arabic Chess Competition in Tunisia in July 2002: fourth and fifth place
-15th Asian Games Doha 2006:Bronze Medal Shooting (Women's 10m Running Target Team)
Calendar 2007/2008:
Sports Events:
-2nd Asian Indoor Games 26 October-3 November Macau China
-11th Arab Games 11-25 November Cairo, Egypt
-The Games of the XXIX Olympiad 8-24 August BEIJING, China
-The 1st Asian Beach Games 18-26 October BALI, Indonesia
ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR 2007-2008: 2007/2008
Brief description |
Approx
Start |
Approx
Finish |
Iran- External camp and friendly matches (women Handball ) |
22/2/2007 |
25/2/2007 |
Qatar- friendly matches with teams of Azad University of Iran (Women Handball ) |
24/4/2007 |
28/4/2007 |
Hungary-External Camp (Women Handball ) |
14/6/2007 |
24/6/2007 |
Kazakhstan-Beijing 2008 Qualifiers(Women Handball ) |
25/8/2007 |
29/8/2007 |
Hosting Iraq National Team (Women Handball ) |
November 2007 |
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League and Cup (Women Handball ) |
December 2007 |
January 2008 |
Friendly Tournament |
February2008 |
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Iran-External camp and friendly matches (Young women Handball ) |
22/2/2007 |
25/2/2007 |
Qatar- friendly matches with teams of Azad University of Iran (Young Women Handball ) |
24/4/2007 |
28/4/2007 |
Qatar- Internal camp (Young Women Handball ) |
16/6/2007 |
28/6/2007 |
Kazakhstan-World Cup- Asian qualifiers (young women Handball ) |
1/7/2007 |
7/7/2007 |
Taipei China World Cup- Asian qualifiers (young women Handball ) |
23/7/2007 |
29/7/2007 |
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Shareqa-UAE- 8th GCC women volleyball tournament |
10/2/1007 |
15/2/1007 |
Doha-Shool volleyball Development Course+ A friendly match with Qatar University |
27/3/2007 |
1/4/2007 |
Syria-External Camp+ 7matches with Syrian Teams
( Young Women- Volleyball) |
9/7/2007 |
19/7/2007 |
Tunisia - ExternalCamp (Ladies- Volleyball) |
24/8/2007 |
7/9/2007 |
Doha - Internal matches ( Volleyball ) |
6/1/2008 |
11/1/2008 |
Doha - Internal Camp for young women ( Volleyball ) |
25/2/2008 |
5/3/2008 |
Two matches with Azrbajan young team(Volleyball) |
6/1/2008 |
11/1/2008 |
Doha- GCC matches for young women (Volleyball) |
7/3/2008 |
14/3/2008 |
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Al-Shareqa - UAE -8th GCC Ladies Tournament (Basketball ) |
10/2/2007 |
15/2/2007 |
Iran - Friendly matches(Basketball ) |
1/3/2007 |
3/3/2007 |
Qatar- friendly matches with teams of Azad University of Iran (Basketball ) |
24/4/2007 |
28/4/2007 |
Egypt- External Camp ( Basketball ) |
16/8/2007 |
1/9/2007 |
Doha - Internal Camp ( Basketball ) |
October2007 |
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Malaysia -External Camp ( Basketball ) |
November 2007 |
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Egypt- Arab Sport Tournament ( Basketball) |
11/11/2007 |
25/11/2007 |
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Al-Shareqa - UAE-External Camp( Table Tennis) |
25/1/2007 |
7/2/2007 |
Al-Shareqa - UAE -8th GCC Ladies Tournament
( Table Tennis) |
10/2/2007 |
15/2/2007 |
Bahrain U-14 ladies School Tournament (Table Tennis) |
22/2/2007 |
25/2/2007 |
Kuwait- 4thIslamic solidarity ladies tournament-
( Solidarity Cup ) -( Table Tennis) |
17/3/3/2007 |
20/3/2007 |
Kuwait-3rd GCC Ladies Tournament ( Table Tennis) |
11/7/2007 |
13/7/2007 |
Malaysia - External Camp( Table Tennis) |
27/8/2007 |
8/9/2007 |
Egypt- Arab Sport Tournament ( Table Tennis) |
11/11/2007 |
25/11/2007 |
U-14 GCC School Tournament (Table Tennis) |
January2008 |
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External Swimming Camp - Tehran - Iran |
12/2/2007 |
18/2/2007 |
External Swimming Camp - Egypt |
25/8/2007 |
3/9/2007 |