News and Opinion
Play Their Way to tackle gender enjoyment gap as Lionesses look to inspire a generation of girls into sport for life
14 JULY 2023
Published As football clubs across the UK get ready for a surge in demand for girls football on the eve of the…
It’s time to stop tolerating inequality
14 JULY 2023
Published Karen Carney’s landmark review of women’s football in England has set out the ongoing gender disparities in football and we applaud…
Our response to the Equality in Cricket report
11 JULY 2023
Published “Whilst there has been commendable and significant progress in the women’s game, women continue to be treated as second-class citizens with…
Activity levels are bouncing back to pre-pandemic levels, but women are being left behind
28 APRIL 2023
Published Sport England published its latest Active Lives Adult survey report last week, which showed that overall, the number of people playing sport and…
The Budget: more support for pools and leisure centres will help women and girls
16 MARCH 2023
Published The news of an extra £63million funding for community leisure centres with pools in yesterday’s Budget is welcome. Although it is…
Our response to British Gymnastics Reform ’25
19 OCTOBER 2022
Published We welcome the commitment to reform and the leadership being shown by British Gymnastics in its response to the Whyte Review.…
HM Queen Elizabeth II 1926 – 2022
9 SEPTEMBER 2022
Published Women in Sport is deeply saddened by the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. During her seventy-year reign she showed…
Implications for Women and Girls’ Sport from the Cost-of-Living Crisis
3 AUGUST 2022
Published The cost-of-living crisis is likely to worsen inequalities, with women in under-served communities bearing the brunt of its impacts. It is…
Gender budgeting must be applied if sport is to meet the needs of women and girls
27 JULY 2022
Published Gender equality has increased in recent years across society but this change has not been organic and nor is further progress…
Transgender inclusion in Women’s Sport – July 2022
7 JULY 2022
Published In September 2021, Women in Sport, issued a response to the Sports Councils’ extensive study into the issue of trans inclusion…