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FEI Signs Brighton Declaration on Women and Sport

FEI President HRH Princess Haya signs the agreement for the adoption of the Brighton Declaration on Women and Sport by the FEI in the company of 1st Vice President John McEwen (right) and 2nd Vice President Pablo Mayorga (left).

Lausanne (SUI), 6 March 2012 – FEI President HRH Princess Haya, 1st Vice President John McEwen and 2nd Vice President Pablo Mayorga today signed the agreement for the formal adoption by the FEI of the Brighton Declaration on Women and Sport, joining an impressive list of signatories that include the IOC, IPC and numerous International Federations.

The FEI member Federations voted unanimously at the 2011 FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in support of the FEI becoming a signatory of the Brighton Declaration.

The document was signed during the FEI Executive Board’s March meeting and Princess Haya, one of only two female International Federation presidents, used the opportunity to comment on the ongoing commitment of both the FEI and the IOC to promoting women in sport.

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