Karen Carney MBE to lead major review of women’s football
Published Review will examine issues affecting the game at elite and grassroots level Announcement comes following England’s historic UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 victory, a range of Government measures to support the women’s game, and ahead of new domestic season starting next week Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has announced that former England and Great Britain footballer […]
Women & girls deserve equal share in the joy of sport
Published The Euros final of 31 July 2022 is now a month ago but the memories remain extraordinarily vivid. Our Lionesses expressed the joy and freedom of playing team sport in a way that has left magical images etched into the memories of a nation. In the days that followed I spoke to a stream of […]
My menopause story
Published At present, far too many women in midlife are missing out on the joy of sport and the social, psychological, and physical health benefits of being active. A third of women aged 41 to 60 are not meeting the Chief Medical Officer’s guidelines of 150 minutes per week of exercise and a fifth are […]
Making strides forward for women’s sport
Published Anita captained the England Hockey Team 1974-76 Women in Sport co-founder and former England Hockey captain (1974-76), Anita White OBE gives her reaction to an incredible summer of women’s sport and explains why the momentum cannot stop now… Sitting down to watch the final of the Women’s Euros, I was very nervous for the […]
Implications for Women and Girls’ Sport from the Cost-of-Living Crisis
Published The cost-of-living crisis is likely to worsen inequalities, with women in under-served communities bearing the brunt of its impacts. It is vital that it does not set back progress made with women and girls’ sport in the way the pandemic did. The Government needs to act now to protect the leisure facilities women depend […]
Gender budgeting must be applied if sport is to meet the needs of women and girls
Published Gender equality has increased in recent years across society but this change has not been organic and nor is further progress inevitable. Markets don’t tend to self-correct any more than turkeys vote for Christmas. The progress to date with gender equality has been as a result of resilient individual women who broke through the […]
UEFA Women’s Euros 2022: More than just a football tournament
Published Before looking at the 2022 women’s euros it is important to look back on how the women’s game has evolved and got to where it is today. There was no ‘official’ England women’s football team until the 1970s and by 1925 the one remaining high profile team in England were the Dick Kerr Ladies (picture […]
What’s your mission?
Published Do you remember the feeling of riding a bike as a child? The sense of freedom and adventure, of feeling the wind in your hair as you raced down a hill. The independence and self-reliance it brought, meaning you no longer had to depend on an adult to drive you somewhere. But between those […]
A sensational summer of women’s sport
Published 2022 feels like a turning point for women’s sport as more people tune in to the value it brings. Last year’s Women’s FA Cup final attracted 1.3m viewers on BBC television and an additional 200,000 fans watched the game live in the stands or on streaming platforms. With a jam-packed year of high-profile events […]
Transgender inclusion in Women’s Sport – July 2022
Published In September 2021, Women in Sport, issued a response to the Sports Councils’ extensive study into the issue of trans inclusion in sport. This high-quality report included a comprehensive review of the scientific literature by an expert sports medic. It concluded that the inclusion of trans women in female categories in most sports could […]