Society is riddled with stereotypes so it's hardly surprising that stereotypes, like gender roles, are also rooted within sport. Typically, men are viewed as the athletic and physically dominant sex with "strength" being viewed as a masculine trait.
Leading UK charity Women in Sport, today released ‘Beyond 30% – Workplace Culture in Sport’, which delves under the surface of the workplace in sport and reveals a serious gender discrimination problem in the sector.
Women in Sport and British Weight Lifting launch a joint social media campaign to empower women to feel comfortable and confident stepping into weights areas in gyms.
Professor Celia Brackenridge, Co-Founder of Women in Sport, sadly passed away on 23 May 2018 after a courageous battle with Leukaemia.
For the first-time employers now need to report on pay equality. Midnight on Wednesday 4 April was the deadline for companies with 250 employees or more to publish their gender pay gap data.
Data released today by Women in Sport and the Youth Sport Trust shows a shocking gender divide in attitudes towards physical activity for secondary school aged children.
Involving men and women in the shared goal of gender equality is key to our Beyond 30% campaign. So we jumped at the chance to chat to Daniele Fiandaca, co-founder of the Token Man initiative.
