{
  "id": 13993993,
  "title": "Pedreguer brings five European countries together to tackle barriers in women’s basketball",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/pedreguer-brings-five-european-countries-together-to-tackle-barriers",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-12T16:13:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euro Weekly News",
    "slug": "euro-weekly-news",
    "url": "https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/10/12/pedreguer-brings-five-european-countries-together-to-tackle-barriers-in-womens-basketball/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The town of Pedreguer in Spain recently hosted an international meeting to address gender inequality in basketball and prevent teenage girls from quitting the sport. Representatives from five European countries - Spain, Croatia, Cyprus, Portugal and Turkey - gathered from September 28 to 30 to discuss equal opportunities for girls in basketball, as part of a European initiative called EQUAL, or Equal Play: Breaking the Basketball Glass Ceiling. The project aims to tackle the issue of girls dropping out of sports during their teenage years. During the seminar at Pedreguer's Casa de Cultura, participants presented a training program designed to make basketball more inclusive for young female players. The initiative is funded by the European Union's Erasmus+ Sport programme. Pedreguer's sports officer, Jordi Pons, shared the town's history of developing women's basketball and the growth of participation among women and girls. The event also included cultural experiences, such as traditional dancing and local refreshments, and participants engaged in a demonstration of pilota valenciana, a traditional ball game from the Valencian Community.",
  "summary": "A small town in Spain has brought together female basketball players and sports organisations from five European countries in a […]",
  "key_points": [
    "Five European countries meet in Pedreguer, Spain to address women's basketball issues.",
    "EQUAL initiative aims to prevent teenage girls from quitting basketball.",
    "Pedreguer's sports officer, Jordi Pons, shares town's women's basketball development."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}