Empowering young girls and spreading knowledge of gender equality
Description
Objective is to enable girls to play sport, build their confidence, develop leadership skills and build a supporting community for each other. Communities which are poor or does not invest in organized sport for girls can be helped by donations of sports gear [jerseys, equipment etc] for organized sports.
SKCharities have built relationships between universities and colleges in US to donate their high quality sports gear that they stop using because of varying reasons [change in logo, color, design etc]. This gear is used to support organized sports in communities where parents cant afford to spend money on girls to play a sport. <br />
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SKCharities have worked with communities in Haiti [Sakala, Cite Soliel], Go Sports Nepal [Kathmandu, Nepal], Slum Soccer [Nagpur, India], Soccer without borders [Oakland, CA, USA], National Association for Blind [Mumbai, India] etc. to conduct tournaments locally. The initial response was very good. For example, the event in Kathmandu, Nepal had 160 girls participate, got local media coverage and the facebook post reached 1300 people. Our goal is to continue with these efforts in 2019 and take it to more communities and have a larger impact in those communities.
Have build strong relationships with donors - colleges and universities in US to donate jerseys and sports gear. There is a steady stream of donations coming.<br />
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Working on a storage room for all the donation and transportation setup. Currently equipment is stored in garages and individual's local available space.
SKCharities work with different NGOs in the world to conduct tournaments for girls and encourage them to play sports by donating jerseys, shorts, shoes and sports equipment.<br />
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SKCharities is a 501.c3 non profit organization that collects sports equipment from colleges and universities in US. Some of the donations have been received from - <br />
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- Santa Clara Broncos<br />
- University of St. Thomas Volleyball <br />
- Saint Mary's College Gaels, <br />
- Stanford Athletics<br />
- UCSB Athletics<br />
- Claremont McKenna College<br />
- San Jose State University<br />
- Pitzer College<br />
- UCLA<br />
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Some of the tournaments SKCharities have conducted were in Haiti [Sakala] and Nepal [Go Sports Nepal]. All work by SKCharities will be governed by the Board of Directors of the charity.
SDGS & Targets
Goal 5
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
5.1
End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere
5.1.1
Whether or not legal frameworks are in place to promote, enforce and monitor equality and non‑discrimination on the basis of sex
5.2
5.2.1
Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by form of violence and by age
5.2.2
Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence
5.3
5.3.1
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2
Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
5.4
Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate
5.4.1
Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location
5.5
Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life
5.5.1
Proportion of seats held by women in (a) national parliaments and (b) local governments
5.5.2
Proportion of women in managerial positions
5.6
Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences
5.6.1
Proportion of women aged 15-49 years who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care
5.6.2
Number of countries with laws and regulations that guarantee full and equal access to women and men aged 15 years and older to sexual and reproductive health care, information and education
5.a
Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws
5.a.1
(a) Proportion of total agricultural population with ownership or secure rights over agricultural land, by sex; and (b) share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure
5.a.2
Proportion of countries where the legal framework (including customary law) guarantees women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control
5.b
5.b.1
Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex
5.c
Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels
5.c.1
Proportion of countries with systems to track and make public allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment
SDG 14 targets covered
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Shevali Kadakia, Founder and Chairwoman