Women’s World Cup 2023: The good, the bad and the stupid
Published Blog by Rachel Williams, Policy and Public Affairs Manager at Women in Sport When was the last time an emoji made you cry? For me, it was about an hour ago and it was the solitary broken heart Mary Earps chose to sum up her feelings on the World Cup Final on […]
New Trustee for Women in Sport
Published Women in Sport has appointed Kuldeep Kaur onto its Board of Trustees. Kuldeep is currently Finance and Operations Director of England and GB Hockey where she has is responsible for finance, people, legal, governance, data and technology alongside leading the momentum behind equality, diversity and inclusion across the sport. Her appointment comes as the […]
The School Sport and Activity Action Plan
The Government has published the updated School Sport and Activity Action Plan for England, but what how does this benefit girls? Published What has been announced? On 19 July the Government published an updated School Sport and Activity Action Plan for England. This gave further detail about its previous announcement in March. The commitment […]
Play Their Way to tackle gender enjoyment gap as Lionesses look to inspire a generation of girls into sport for life
Published As football clubs across the UK get ready for a surge in demand for girls football on the eve of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, the Play Their Way campaign is calling on coaches to put child-first coaching at the heart of their approach to tackle the sporting ‘enjoyment gap’ between girls and boys […]
It’s time to stop tolerating inequality
Published Karen Carney’s landmark review of women’s football in England has set out the ongoing gender disparities in football and we applaud the work of Karen and her team for fearlessly shedding light on these inequalities. The report’s aim was to raise minimum standards across the entire game as for too long women and girls have […]
Our response to the Equality in Cricket report
Published “Whilst there has been commendable and significant progress in the women’s game, women continue to be treated as second-class citizens with unequal access, pay and treatment. The England Women’s team are yet to play a Test Match at Lord’s, the home of cricket!” Cindy Butts, chair of the Independent Commission of Equality in Cricket […]
Big Sister project inspires 3000 teenage girls to get active
Published More than 3,000 teenage girls have taken up activities at their local leisure centre by a programme designed to support teenage girls to enjoy sport, exercise and physical activity during puberty. Over the course of 10 months this resulted in 55,000 individual leisure centre visits. Of the girls surveyed 6 in 10 say they […]
Grit, fortitude and femininity: My quest to break free from limiting stereotypes
Published Rosie Stancer, 63, is a polar athlete and explorer. Through her expeditions she’s pushed the limits of endurance under extreme conditions and is continuing to do so. She may not be built in the image of Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen, yet Rosie has not let limiting gender stereotypes stop her. In fact, she views […]
New Chair for Women in Sport
Published Women in Sport has appointed Julia Newton as its new Chair of its Board of Trustees. A highly experienced executive and non-executive leader, Julia is currently chair of GB Taekwondo, where she has been a champion of female athletes and she will continue her role there alongside her position at Women in Sport until […]
‘Petra will be with me every step of the way’: One woman’s marathon journey in memory of her friend
Published In October 2022, Petra Nerys Morgan died unexpectedly and suddenly at the age of 53. A ‘force of nature’ Petra was chief executive of the Street Lane GP Practice in Leeds and a passionate sportswoman. It was through sport that Rebecca Noble first met Petra after joining a tennis club following her move to […]