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The United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 74/230 on ‘Culture and Sustainable Development’, in December, 2019. The Resolution was developed through common application and coordination within the United Nations system which was fronted by UNESCO. It reiterates that culture plays a significant part in facilitating inclusive economic and social development, and environmental sustainability. Resolution 74/230Read more

WLO’s newest international initiative, the World Leisure Day (WL Day), was commemorated for the first time in history last April 16th. WL Day aims to reinforce leisure as a social right and its importance in daily life, as well as to expand its possibilities of manifestation and promote reflection on the accesses and barriers thatRead more

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For the full enjoyment of the congress, preparatory readings can always help to better understand the topics under discussion. For those avid readers seeking for a detailed preparation of this event, we have selected relevant articles of our World Leisure Journal related to the overall theme of the Congress ‘Leisure makes life better’. In doingRead more

While COVID-19 is still imposing itself on our realities, the cultural and creative sectors have been hit hard and are looking for ways to re-invent themselves and/or look for new alternative narratives and forms. The year 2021 has been declared the International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development by the UN. The main axisRead more

By Sreetheran Maruthaveeran, 2020 SPGs recipient. Physical inactivity in children has been identified as a significant and growing public health concern. Regular moderate to vigorous physical activity in children is associated with numerous benefits including improved cardiovascular health, reduced risk of type 2 diabetes and lesser symptoms of depression and anxiety (Janssen & Le Blanc,Read more

From World Leisure Organization, we are excited to celebrate in 2021 for the first time our newest international initiative: the World Leisure Day (WL Day). This aims to reinforce leisure as a social right and its importance in daily life, as well as to expand its possibilities of manifestation and promote reflection on the accessesRead more

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Originally published as part of the fourth edition of Leisure, Sport and Tourism, Politics, Policy and Planning, this chapter has been revised and expanded to include the new edition of the WLO Charter for Leisure, a discussion of intellectual property rights and case studies of: TV sport spectatorship; Disability and access to culture; Gender equity inRead more

After an open call for new WL Board of Directors members was launched in September last year, we are glad to welcome on board Dr. Cari E. Autry (East Carolina University, USA), Dr. Marcel Bastiaansen (Breda University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands), and due to their successful reelection, to have again with us serving forRead more