My academic background is a Criminology Bachelor’s Degree. I’m working at APAV since 2010 – from internship to volunteering until 2015.

Currently, I’m managing CARE, a specialised network run by APAV, that works daily in the field of support and prevention of sexual violence against children and youngsters.

I’ve been doing research on best practices on support and prevention of sexual violence, and also regarding the different places/contexts where sexual violence can happen.

I’m also responsible for coordinate CARE’s team daily, providing them technical support and promoting the implementation of best practices and a multidisciplinary approach.

I’m also entitled to promote the cooperation and interinstitutional articulation and CARE/APAV representation, including with the media.

Main (personal/organisational) achievements in the field of safe sport

• Helping victims recover from the sexual violence suffered, in a way that’s specialised, sensitive, network-based, confidential and free-of-charge
• Enhancing cooperation between CARE and other national and regional/local partners, like National Police (“Polícia Judiciária”), for example
• Developing a Prevention Programme for 3 to 18 years old children
• Providing training to professionals (schools, institutions, etc.)RR
• Raise awareness of communities

More information

  APAV Website     CARE Website

Mathilde Grenet is a Safe Sport specialist and founder of the safeguarding consultancy EN GARDE whose mission is to eradicate interpersonal violence in sport. EN GARDE works with several international and national sports governing bodies (FIFA, European Athletics, UCI, FIS, Imoca Class, Play International, etc..) on their safeguarding programmes and initiatives.  

Mathilde is passionate about sport and has a strong athletic background having formerly been a NCAA tennis player for the University of South Carolina.

Child Safeguarding in Sport is a topic which resonates very profoundly with her as she is a survivor of sexual abuse having been abused by her tennis coach in her youth.

While she was going through a legal battle against this coach from 2014 to 2021, together with three other victims, she created the association Rebond aimed at preventing sexual violence in sports and providing holistic support to victims. Rebond is now partnered with the French Tennis Federation (FFT) in its drive towards safeguarding in tennis. 

Mathilde Grenet is also a member of the Pool of International Experts on Safe Sport at the Council of Europe and certified IOC Safeguarding Officer in Sport.

Main (personal/organisational) achievements in the field of safe sport

Through the partnership signed with the French Tennis Federation, several actions were led by Rebond:

• Creation of an awareness campaign ahead of Roland Garros and other tournaments aimed at preventing sexual violence in tennis
• Creation of a specific logo to illustrate the fight against sexual violence in tennis to be displayed in clubs, leagues, and tournaments
• Organization of workshops at the National Training Centre but also in regional centers for coaches, volunteers, parents and players to raise awareness on sexual violence in tennis

Rebond and the city of Sarcelles are also developing a plan of action to prevent sexual violence in the sporting ecosystem of the city:

• Launch of a campaign “Repérer, Alerter, Protéger”
• Set up of an emergency email for victims or any whistleblower to report abuse
• Creation of testimony podcasts which were shared on the city social media channels
• Live intervention by Rebond representatives at city major sport festivals and gathering

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Gloria Viseras joined the IOC Safe Sport Unit in the Medical and Scientific Department in September 2022 as Senior Project Manager coming from FIFA where was the Senior Event Safeguarding Manager.

At 15 she was the Artistic Gymnastics National Champion and one of the only 9 women who represented Spain in the Moscow Olympic Games in 1980. For the last decade, she has been a strong advocate for safe sport and working at national and international levels to support persons with lived experiences and help organizations implement safeguarding good practices as well as rights-based and trauma-informed strategies to ensure that sporting environments are safe and supportive for all participants, especially young athletes.

In Spain, in addition to her extensive awareness raising work, she coauthored the safeguarding policy and procedures currently implemented by the Spanish High Council for Sport and of mandatory implementation by all National Sports Federations.

At international level, she has extensively collaborated with the Council of Europe, the European Commission and other international organisations on different projects, conferences and activities.

At the IOC she is leading on the implementation of safeguarding measures and embedding safeguarding across the complete lifecycle of the Olympic Games and Youth Olympic Games, contributing to the development of educational materials for stakeholders across the Olympic Movement and supporting sports organisations in the development and implementation of safeguarding policies and procedures.