Explore the issues
What's in this section
We believe it is wrong to deny women and girls access to sport. Currently, we are being left on the sidelines and it is leading to gendered health inequalities:
- Gender stereotyping is alive and kicking. Girls as young as 5 years old feel they don’t belong in sport. Only 30% of parents believe playing sport is very important for their daughter, compared with 41% of parents for their sons.
- There’s a mental health crisis in teenage girls. Anxiety is spiralling upwards, along with self-harm and eating disorders. By the time they reach puberty, 1.3 million girls who once loved sport are disengaging.
- Women in midlife are suffering from the cumulative impact of decades of limiting gender stereotyping. A third of women aged 41-60 are not meeting the Chief Medical Officer’s guidelines of 150 minutes of physical activity per week. 84% of inactive women at this life stage want to be more active.
- Women in wiser life are twice as likely as men to suffer a fracture after a fall. By the age of 80 years old, half of women will suffer with osteoporosis. (NICE)
Our Research
We are continuously researching and gaining new insights into sport through the eyes of women and girls across a range of communities, ages, life stages and backgrounds. We use our thought leadership to support organisations, innovate solutions, and to improve their offer to women and girls.
The Women in Sport podcast
Tune in to our podcast, where we interview elite athletes, coaches and everyday women to find out what sport means to them
