The Impact


In the past two years, Women Win has invested in building both its internal capacity and the capacity of Flagships and Incubators in order to better learn, document and share the impact of each organisation’s work. Results obtained thus far are documented in Women Win’s first report, Empowering Girls and Women through Sport. This report largely focuses on the impact of sport programmes at the individual and community levels. This report also includes critical success factors for programmes to achieve positive impact.

our plan for the future

Over the next three years, Women Win will learn, document and share short­ and long­term impacts of projects at both the individual and community levels. Short­-term impacts of projects will focus on the development of specific skills through participation in sport, as well as the increase in a participant’s awareness of girls’ and women’s rights. Long-­term impacts will focus on how participants apply these skills to life situations and how participants exercise personal rights both on and off the field.

Women Win staff will collect data in partnership with external consultants, and also gather data collected by programme partners and/or other organisations. Women Win will also work to understand and document the impact of its relationship with Flagships and Incubators, measuring whether Women Win is achieving expected outcomes.

Related External Links

Sport for Development Research Initiave

A joint project of Comic Relief and UK Sport, this global study looked at six organizations and assessed the self efficacy and self esteem of participants and nonparticipants over three years.

Women 2000 and Beyond: Women, Gender Equality and Sport

This report produced by the United Nations explores the relationship between sport and gender equality.

Sports For Development: An Impact Study

A report led by International Sport for Development and supported by UK Sport and Comic Relief reveals results from a four study around sport as a development tool, including monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and grant-making policies.

The Population Council

An international, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization, the Population Council conducts research in three areas: HIV and AIDS; poverty, gender, and youth; and reproductive health.

SportandDev.org Research Corner

Within the context of the International Platform for Sport and Development, this area includes information about current research initiatives as well as gaps in research.

Project Evaluation of International Sport Exchange Model

Produced by Awista Ayub, Women Win fellow and author of the book Kabul Girls' Soccer Club, this report demonstrates how sport programs combined with proper development protocol can lead to success off the field.