Thailand just announced legal changes which criminalise sexual harassment, online abuse and stalking, and provide more robust protections for survivors of all forms of sexual violence. In this post, a Thai lawyer and sports ethicist team up to break down these changes and explore their implications for the world of sport.
I was recently invited by the Croatian Olympic Committee to take part in their GUARD: Safeguarding Children in Sport project, which provides education for child safeguarding officers from sports organisations in 8 different countries (Croatia, Poland, Lithuania, Romania, Greece, Latvia, Macedonia & Slovenia). The topic of safeguarding in sport has recently been gaining more of the attention it demands, which has led to the initial development of policies, frameworks and safeguarding officer roles. However, implementing Read more
UNESCO and the Sport & Rights Alliance held a consultation with 11 athlete-survivors in Paris, with the aim of developing global policy standards for safe sport informed by lived experience.
Last week was the Ann Craft Trust’s annual Safeguarding Adults Week, during which they bring safeguarding professionals from across the UK together to share expertise and raise awareness of important topics. This year, the theme was prevention. Each day, they held free online seminars with safeguarding experts on various topics, including preventing abuse in sport, forced marriage, brain injuries in football, grief support, and more. I was invited to lead an online seminar on day Read more
Emma of Under the Ropes flew to Finland to present research findings on women’s experiences of sexual harassment and abuse in Muay Thai at the Play the Game 2025 conference in Tampere.
An interview with Ann Craft Trust, a charity working to minimise the risk of abuse to adults in the UK. On this episode of their Safeguarding Matters podcast, we discuss the journey of Under the Ropes, safeguarding issues in Muay Thai, and how to eliminate gender-based violence in sport.
In September, I was invited to take part in a roundtable meeting at the UNICEF UK headquarters in London with a pool of safeguarding experts. We got together for a two-day workshop to begin the development of a safeguarding accountability framework for mega sporting events. Mega sporting events involve a huge number of international stakeholders, including international federations, national sporting governing bodies, local organising committees, host cities, sponsors, media and many more. When it comes Read more
A brief look back on 12 years of writing, advocacy, community building and more, all for the love of Muay Thai.
A library of FREE international resources for safeguarding in sport, including policy templates, online training courses, trauma-informed guidelines, webinars and more.
Muay Siam Club Archives is a project by Under the Ropes to retrieve lost web archives of Thai female fighter profiles and republish them with English translation, to preserve women’s Muay Thai history and make it accessible to a global audience
