Italy On Italy side, ASD Margherita Sport e Vita carried out a report divided into 3 parts: report regarding the data obtained through a questionnaire, report regarding the survey across referees and table official judge officers, report regarding coaches sector. The survey was carried out on 10 women basketball clubs coming from the regions of South of Italy: ● Apulia (n. 8 clubs); ● Campania (n. 1 club); ● Sicily (n.1 club). Even if the survey was made on female basketball clubs, the number of boys in basketball schools (470 boys, 388 girls) and clubs (515 boys, 445 girls) is higher. One must be aware that 4 sports clubs out of 10 do not have male basketball schools, it means that the difference in number is even stronger.
The Report regarding the survey across the referees and table official judges sector showed a strong difference between the first ones (referees) and the second ones (table official judges). Speaking of referees, in the first national level (First Male National League - A1/M) there is no woman referee.
In order to intervene to improve this aspect, the National Italian Referee Commision (CIA) has established special derogations in order to expand and increase the participation of women referees in the higher national basketball league: Women referees who referee in lower leagues have derogation to referee in the upper leagues.On regional level, the Apulian Committee has joined the project “PROGETTO DONNA”, which aims to: create a homogeneous level among women referees, provide the adequate tools to let women grow in a field which is mainly made of men.
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