TTOC boss to attend Leadership Forum in Switzerland

Lewis has been invited to be a panelist on day two of the threeday forum.

A key objective of the forum is to empower women to assume more decision-making positions in international and national federations. International Women’s Day will be celebrated on Wednesday.

The members of the panel that will discuss translating policies into practice — a framework to inspire change are Marisol Casado, IOC member and president of the International Triathlon Union (ITU); Dr Tamas Ajan, president of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF); Sarah Keane, president of the Olympic Council of Ireland; and Lewis, president of the TTOC and president of CANOC (the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees).

The IOC and International Federations (IFs), have developed a close partnership to allow women to fully enjoy sport at all levels.

Thanks to this cooperation, all sports in the Olympic Games programme include women events with a projection of having full equality participation by 2020.

The IF Women in Leadership Forum is in line with the Olympic movement efforts to further increase women in leadership positions.

It aims specifically to help women in mid and senior level positions, to stand successfully for the elections within their sports in particular; and more globally within the Olympic movement.

The panel discussion provides a platform for men and women to discuss how the IOC’s decision of setting a minimum target of 30 percent of women in decision- making positions can be achieved by 2020; and how this decision can be translated at field level. The panel sessions have been designed to be fully interactive.