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...
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...
The Context 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...
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...
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...
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...
