1st Edition
Women and Sport in Asia
This is the first book to survey the participation of women in sport and physical education across Asia, from the Middle East and South Asia through to the Asia-Pacific region.
Covering sport and physical activity at all levels, from school-based PE and community sport to elite, high-performance sport, the book provides an important overview of developments in policy, theory and research across this complex and dynamic region. It has a strong focus on gender equity but is informed by important intersecting influences that affect the lives of girls and women and their participation in sport. Including contributions from leading scholars from across the region, the book draws on multi-disciplinary perspectives, including sociology, cultural studies, anthropology, and history, and makes an important contribution to global understanding of diversity, challenges, and achievements in the sporting lives of Asian Women.
This book will be a fascinating read for any student, researcher, or policy-maker working in sport studies, gender studies, women’s studies or Asian studies.
Part I: Background and Initiatives
1 Introduction: Asian Women in Sport
Maryam Koushkie Jahromi, Rosa López de D’Amico and Maria Luisa M. Guinto
2 International Developments in Policy for Equity: Girls and Women in Physical Education and Sport
Rosa López de D’Amico and María Dolores González-Rivera
3 Female Empowerment through ‘Sport & Development’ in Asia
Marianne Meier
Part II: Country Cases
4 Bangladesh Women and Sport
Mashuda Khatun Shefali
5 Gender Equality and Opportunities in Physical Education and Sport for Women in China
Jian Wang, Min Liu, Tao Wang, Yujie Wang and Siheng Zhou
6 Women and Sport in Hong Kong
Catherine M. Capio and Cindy H.P. Sit
7 Women and Sport in India
Usha Sujit Nair and Nisha Rebecca Eapen
8 Indonesian Muslim Female Athletes: Wearing the Hijab with Pride
Mustika Fitri, Nur Andini Suryalestari and Wulandari Putri
9 Iranian Women in Sport
Maryam Koushkie Jahromi
10 Turning Point for Japanese Women and Sports: From the Moon to the Sun
Yumi Terayama and Arisa Yagi
11 Women and Sport in South Korea: Challenges and Achievements as Stepping Stones to the Future
Kyungock Yi, Hyunmi Heu and Bona Lee
12 Feminist Development in Sports and Physical Education in Macau
Walter Ho, Klaudia Kukurova, Sin Ieng Auieong and Jiaxi Hu
13 Sport in Malaysia: Towards Gender Equality
Selina Khoo and Nor Eeza Zainal Abidin
14 Women’s Participation in Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sport in Oman
Yousra Al-Sinani, Anfal Al-Wahaibi and Tansin Benn
15 Women and Sport in Pakistan
Soniha Aslam
16 Women in Philippine Sport and Physical Education: Bridging the Gender Divide
Maria Luisa M. Guinto, Gilda Lasat-Uy and Marilou F. Cantancio
17 Women and Sport in Qatar
Krystyna U. Golkowska
18 Women and Sport in Saudi Arabia
Mona Kamal Shahab, Marta Pérez-Villalba and Elise Kossaifi
19 Women and Sport in Singapore
Emily Ortega and Teoh Chin Sim
20 Women and Sport in Sri Lanka
Lilamani de Soysa, D.L.I.H.K. Peiris and Shiromi De Alwis
21 Women and Sport in the Republic of Tajikistan
Dilbar Turakhanova and Sophia Kasymova
22 Analysis of Women and Sport in Turkey
Canan Koca
23 Exploring the United Arab Emirate’s Dynamic Sports Scene for Women
Leonardo Mataruna-Dos-Santos, Nada Abdalmajeed Alshaibani, Mohammed Sayeed Khan and Asli Cazorla Milla
Part III: Moving Forward
24 Conclusion
Maria Luisa M. Guinto, Rosa López de D’Amico and Maryam Koushkie Jahromi
Biography
Rosa Lopez de D’Amico is Professor at Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador (UPEL), Venezuela.
Maryam Koushkie Jahromi is Professor of Exercise Physiology, and Women’s Health and Sport, at Shiraz University, Iran.
Maria Luisa M. Guinto is Associate Professor and Research Director of the College of Human Kinetics at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Philippines.
