Anti-Misogyny Training
Ahead of the Game: The Anti-Misogyny Playbook
Developed and delivered by the charity Women in Sport, this pioneering workshop exists to equip organisations with the knowledge and tools to identify and tackle misogyny.
Misogyny is not a new cultural phenomenon, it has limited women’s lives for millennia, and none of us are responsible for its existence. But we are all responsible for tackling it. Given sport’s unique ability to unite and inspire, sport could even lead society in tackling misogyny.
If you are interested in Anti-Misogyny Training for your organisation, please email Lisa@womeninsport.org to find out more.
What will the session cover?
- What misogyny looks like in 2026
- Its impact on women, girls and sport
- The role we can all play in creating more welcoming sporting environments
- Practical actions to challenge and prevent misogyny in your organisation
What’s involved?
- 1 x 4 hour session
- In person
- For groups of 10-20
- Facilitated by Women in Sport
- Price on enquiry
Sexism and misogyny: what’s the difference?
If you look up misogyny in the dictionary, it will take you back to the word’s ancient Greek roots and tell you that the word means a hatred for women. Whilst that is the literal meaning, it does not reflect the reality of misogyny that women and girls experience every day.
Misogyny is contempt for women, prejudice against women and malice towards them. It is, fundamentally, about power; specifically preserving male power and traditional gender roles.
Sexism is more about active discrimination; the actions people take, or fail to take, that discriminate against someone based on their sex.
Crucially, sexism is discrimination based on sex, either sex, whereas misogyny is specifically targeted at women and girls. Sexism can be experienced by men, misogyny can’t.
At Women in Sport, we talk about misogyny more than sexism as it is these harmful beliefs that underpin the exclusion, deliberate or otherwise, of women from sport. For us, the underlying beliefs of misogyny can be thought of as systemic sexism. We can’t close the gender play gap if we don’t stamp out the misogyny embedded in society.