News and Opinion

Engine Sport’s Lisa Parfitt: 30% isn’t enough
8 MARCH 2019
Lisa Parfitt, Managing Director of sports marketing agency Engine Sport, formerly known as Synergy Sport, discusses the positive changes Engine has made…

Culture must change for equality in sport to thrive
8 MARCH 2019
As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, Women in Sport speaks with voices from across the sporting landscape about the progress made…

Ruth Holdaway to leave Women in Sport to become Tennis Victoria’s first female CEO
25 FEBRUARY 2019
Chief Executive of Women in Sport, Ruth Holdaway, is leaving the charity to take up the role of Chief Executive of Tennis…

Jane Dowling from Meno and Me on menopause and exercise
8 FEBRUARY 2019
Jane Dowling from Meno and Me has shared how exercise is helping her cope with menopause. We all strive to be the very best…
Dr Steven Mann appointed Trustee of Women in Sport
1 FEBRUARY 2019
Dr Steven Mann, Healthy Communities Director at Places Leisure, has joined the Board of Trustees at Women in Sport, the leading…

Women in Sport helps dads and daughters get active together
22 OCTOBER 2018
Women in Sport in partnership with the Fatherhood Institute, Fulham Football club and the EFL Trust is celebrating after being awarded £118,301…

Where are all the Women?
18 OCTOBER 2018
New research from leading charity, Women in Sport, highlights the continued lack of visibility of women’s sports coverage across five European countries.

Understanding puberty and menstruation and its impact on girls and sport
12 SEPTEMBER 2018
Following the release of Women in Sport’s latest research, Puberty & Sport: An Invisible Stage, we asked sports scientist Georgie Bruinvels…

Empowerment and the Suffragettes movement
6 SEPTEMBER 2018
Beverley Cook, the Curator of Social & Working History at the Museum of London, speaks to Women in Sport about the Suffragettes…

Anoushé Husain: ‘Own the mistakes and own the failures. That is being empowered’
2 AUGUST 2018
Anoushé Husain, a competitive para-climber and Empower Conference panellist, has, by her own admission, experienced a lot of difficulties in her…