Engine Sport’s Lisa Parfitt: 30% isn’t enough
Lisa Parfitt, Managing Director of sports marketing agency Engine Sport, formerly known as Synergy Sport, discusses the positive changes Engine has made to improve gender balance and the challenges that remain in the industry.
Culture must change for equality in sport to thrive
As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, Women in Sport speaks with voices from across the sporting landscape about the progress made and the challenge ahead to level the field for those working in the sector.
Ruth Holdaway to leave Women in Sport to become Tennis Victoria’s first female CEO
Chief Executive of Women in Sport, Ruth Holdaway, is leaving the charity to take up the role of Chief Executive of Tennis Victoria in Australia.
Jane Dowling from Meno and Me on menopause and exercise
Published Jane Dowling from Meno and Me has shared how exercise is helping her cope with menopause. We all strive to be the very best version of ourselves. We also know that beauty comes from within, but during this time of life, struggling with menopause symptoms as well as ageing; it can be tough. I know if I am […]
Dr Steven Mann appointed Trustee of Women in Sport
Published Dr Steven Mann, Healthy Communities Director at Places Leisure, has joined the Board of Trustees at Women in Sport, the leading gender equality charity. Mann, a former Research Director at ukactive, will take up his role on 1 January. His role as a Trustee will include advising the charity on its research work. He […]
Women in Sport helps dads and daughters get active together
Women in Sport in partnership with the Fatherhood Institute, Fulham Football club and the EFL Trust is celebrating after being awarded £118,301 of National Lottery funding from Sport England to help low income families in London get active with their children over the next year.
Where are all the Women?
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
Published Following the release of Women in Sport’s latest research, Puberty & Sport: An Invisible Stage, we asked sports scientist Georgie Bruinvels to shed some light on the science of menstruation, puberty and physical activity, and why it is important for those who work with girls during the pubescent years to support them to be […]
Empowerment and the Suffragettes movement
Beverley Cook, the Curator of Social & Working History at the Museum of London, speaks to Women in Sport about the Suffragettes movement and its relevance today.
Anoushé Husain: ‘Own the mistakes and own the failures. That is being empowered’
Published Anoushé Husain, a competitive para-climber and Empower Conference panellist, has, by her own admission, experienced a lot of difficulties in her life. She was born missing part of her arm, is a cancer survivor and still lives with many other health conditions including Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a condition that leads to joints dislocating at will. […]