News and Opinion
Women in Sport: What’s missing from the 2024 election manifestos?
20 JUNE 2024
Published What do Lib Dem Leader, Ed Davey, paddle boarding with varying degrees of success, Rishi Sunak showing off his football tekkers…
Closing the dream gap: Amanda’s 52-mile challenge for Women in Sport
7 JUNE 2024
Published Once upon a time I gave up. I gave up wanting to engage in sport because society supported me to do…
Breaking Barriers: Supporting disabled teenage girls to be active
15 MAY 2024
Published Led by Access Sport, the Sweaty Betty Foundation, Women in Sport and Nuffield Health, the Breaking Barriers project identifies the barriers that…
Finally back in love with sport 30 years later
3 MAY 2024
Published Written by Varsha Patel, Communications and Campaigns Manager at Women in Sport Growing up in the ‘80s as a young brown…
Leading women’s health advocate Professor Catherine Calderwood joins Women in Sport Board
2 MAY 2024
Published Women in Sport is proud to announce the appointment of Professor Catherine Calderwood to its Board of Trustees. A prominent figure…
Women in Sport: What did your father say to you when you were young?
8 APRIL 2024
Published Written by Mandie Cran, a pioneering sailor who was once only one of nine women serving in an army corps of 15,000…
Women in Sport influences Department for Educations’ latest schools guidance
3 APRIL 2024
Published Last week, the Government published its new guidance for schools in England on PE and school sport. You can read it…
Women in Sport’s response to the McKinney Report into the misogynistic culture of Cricket Scotland
28 MARCH 2024
Published Women in Sport response to the McKinney Report into the culture of Cricket Scotland Women in Sport has been working for…
Tessa Sanderson CBE joins Women in Sport as Ambassador in its 40th Anniversary Year
27 MARCH 2024
Published Women in Sport is thrilled to announce the appointment of Olympic champion Tessa Sanderson CBE as an Ambassador, coinciding with the…
Stronger together: Why women’s sport needs male allies
25 MARCH 2024
Published We’re living in a scary time if you’re a woman in sport, or just a woman in general. Online abuse of…