The UCI`s Management Committee has approved the Agenda 2022 that includes a number of important structural initiatives concerning the sport governing body`s future role in gender equality with in the sport. In the agenda, the UCI promises to soon enforce a strict Code of Conduct to be signed by all employees of UCI Women`s Teams, which aims to raise awareness of harassment. It will also develop and implement a Charter to promote gender equality in cycling, starting with a gender equality policy and the fundamental principles on its aim to implement equal pay within the organisation. Other topics outlined in the agenda include guaranteeing gender equality during podium ceremonies and providing equal prize money in its cyclo-cross World Cup. President of the UCI, David Lappartient, said that the agenda, `contains crucial initiatives for guaranteeing equality between men and women, whether they be riders, Federation employees or any other women involved in our sport. It is essential that we all work together for this cause, which is one of my biggest priorities for action.`ADVERTISEMENT The is the second meeting that the committee has held, this time for three days in Arzon, France, where members debated and then validated the agenda, which is considered a road map to the next four years of professional cycling. The agenda clarifies objectives in the five areas identified by Lappartient during his presidential campaign in 2017; to strengthen the UCI`s authority with a President ensuring a solid leadership; to place the UCI increasingly at the service of National Federations; to make cycling the sport of the 21st Century; to develop an ambitious vision for professional cycling; and to ensure the credibility of sporting results and protect the athletes. The agenda will be published on the UCI website after its ratification by the Congress on September 28. However, the main focus was on the UCI`s future and the role of women in cycling. The agenda outlines severa ...
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