In addition to their role in contributing to public health, and consistent with Articles 2 and 3 of the UNESCO International Charter of Physical Education and Sport (UNESCO, 1978), physical education and sport can also provide a universal language to bridge social, racial, gender and religious divides. In so doing, physical education has the potential to promote peace, develop personal qualities essential to democracy such as leadership, tolerance, solidarity, cooperation and respect, and provide a means of inclusion for marginalised individuals and groups. Beutler (2008, p. 365) believes that physical education bestows the “experience (of) equality, freedom and a dignifying means for empowerment, particularly for girls and women”.