This talk introduces the Observatório Nacional da Violência contra Atletas (ObNVA) [National Observatory on Violence against Athletes], an online platform created to collect and analyse, anonymously and confidentially, experiences or witnessed incidents of violence against athletes. The project aims to give a voice to victims, former victims, and anyone who has witnessed situations perceived as violent; refer cases to the competent authorities; produce scientific knowledge; and contribute to effective policies for preventing and combating violence in sport. This seminar addresses the types and impacts of violence (physical, psychological, sexual, and social), as well as its frequency in various sports, the profile of (former) victims and perpetrators. It also analyses the power relations between athletes, coaches and parents, the cultural normalisation of abusive behaviour and gender differences in experiences of victimisation.

The second part will focus on representations of sexual violence in youth and high-performance sport.

Bio note

Cláudia Pinheiro | Assistant professor at the University of Maia. PhD in Social Sciences with a specialisation in Sociology of Sports from the University of Leicester in England. Member of the coordinating team of the National Observatory on Violence against Athletes (ObNVA). Evaluator of Erasmus+Sport projects for the European Commission. Her main area of interest is violence against athletes. Former international artistic gymnast.

Lara Ximenes is a junior researcher of the project UnCoveR: Sexual Violence in Portuguese Mediascape , currently ongoing at CES-UC. She is a master's student in Journalism and Communication at FLUC, and her research has focused on media representations of sexual violence in youth and high-performance sports. She was a research fellow at the FMUC Health Communication Laboratory and simultaneously joined the CiBB Science Communication Office. She was a scientific initiation fellow at IJFDUC.

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