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About the Event

Regional Dialogue & Women’s Sports Festival

AUSC Region 5

OVERVIEW

 

Women Leading Forward 2026 is a high-level regional platform convened by AUSC Region 5 to advance women’s leadership, governance, and participation in sport across Southern Africa.


The initiative combines strategic dialogue with practical activation — bringing together policymakers, sports administrators, athletes, development partners, and corporate leaders.


This is not a symbolic celebration.

It is a structural intervention. 


✽  ABOUT OUR

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

1

Strengthen women’s leadership in sport governance

2

 Promote gender equity across Regional 5 sport systems

3

Create policy alignment among Member States

4

Facilitate corporate and development partnerships

5

⁠Inspire the next generation of female leaders

EVENT STRUCTURE

09 March 2026

International Women’s Day webinar  
to commemorate and celebrate women 


EXPECTED OUTCOME:

Adoption of a Regional Commitment Framework on Women’s Leadership in Sport.

  • FORMAT:
  •  Opening Ceremony
  •  Ministerial & Executive Panel
  •  Governance Roundtable
  •  Policy & Institutional Reform Session
  •  Corporate & Development Partner Engagement
THEMES:
  •  Women in Sport Governance
  •  Financing Women’s Sport
  •  Safeguarding & Inclusion
  •  Regional Policy Alignment
  •  Commercialisation & Sustainability


END OF SESSION

13 March 2026

Women’s Sports Festival
to promote physical activity and wellness for girls and women ​


OBJECTIVE:

Translate policy into visibility and participation.


  • FORMAT:
  •  Multi-sport exhibition and participation
  •   ⁠Youth engagement activities
  •  Athlete recognition moments
  •  Community activation
  •  Media coverage & live storytelling
EXPECTED OUTCOMES:
  •  Regional Positioning of AUSC Region 5 as continental leader
  •  ⁠Increased female representation in sport structures
  •  Strengthened policy framework across Member States
  •  Corporate sponsorship activation
  •  Sustainable annual leadership platform
END OF SESSION

✽  ABOUT OUR EVENT PARTNERS

PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Women Leading Forward 2026 offers structured sponsorship tiers:

i

Title Partner

ii

 Strategic Partner

ii

Institutional  Partner

iv

Media Partner


v

⁠Development Partner


PARTNERS GAIN


  •   ⁠Brand visibility at regional level
  •  Policy-level association
  •  Direct engagement with leadership

  •   ⁠ESG alignment opportunity
  •   ⁠ ⁠Long-term regional positioning

WHY THIS MATTERS 


  1. Southern Africa has talent.
  2. Southern Africa has ambition.
  3. Now it must consolidate leadership.
  4. Women Leading Forward 2026 represents a shift from inclusion rhetoric to governance transformation.
  5. AUSC Region 5 is not observing global standards.

        It is shaping them.