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Paris 2024: The first gender-equal Olympics
22 JULY 2024
Strides forward for women in the Olympics Paris 2024 marks the first-ever gender-equal Olympic Games – the first time there have…
Paris 2024: Women to watch from Great Britain
18 JULY 2024
The sporting event of the year is finally here. As crowds descend on Paris to witness sporting greatness at the 2024…
Women at the Olympics: Fighting for a spot at the Games
18 JULY 2024
Paris 2024 marks an historic milestone as first Olympic Games with the same number of female and male competitors. The journey…
Women in Sport: What’s missing from the 2024 election manifestos?
20 JUNE 2024
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
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
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
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
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
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
Last week, the Government published its new guidance for schools in England on PE and school sport. You can read it…