Finally back in love with sport 30 years later
Published Written by Varsha Patel, Communications and Campaigns Manager at Women in Sport Growing up in the ‘80s as a young brown girl wasn’t easy. I loved sport and was hugely competitive, but due to cultural norms it wasn’t something that me or my south Asian friends were encouraged to try. PE was fine, after […]
Leading women’s health advocate Professor Catherine Calderwood joins Women in Sport Board
Published Women in Sport is proud to announce the appointment of Professor Catherine Calderwood to its Board of Trustees. A prominent figure in public health, the former Chief Medical Officer for Scotland has dedicated her career to improving health outcomes, with a particular focus on disparities which disproportionality affect women and girls. Catherine’s commitment and […]
Women in Sport: What did your father say to you when you were young?
Published Written by Mandie Cran, a pioneering sailor who was once only one of nine women serving in an army corps of 15,000 men. My father was a Naval pilot, sailor and inventor so mealtimes were spent discussing various inventions he was working on. From a very young age I learned about how things worked – […]
Women in Sport influences Department for Educations’ latest schools guidance
Published Last week, the Government published its new guidance for schools in England on PE and school sport. You can read it in full here. The guidance covers two specific areas of school sport provision: ensuring that all children receive two hours a week of PE and equality of access to sport for all pupils. […]
Women in Sport’s response to the McKinney Report into the misogynistic culture of Cricket Scotland
Published Women in Sport response to the McKinney Report into the culture of Cricket Scotland Women in Sport has been working for forty years to give women equal space in sport. Opportunities have been opened up in that time, not least in teamsport, but cultural change has been very slow. We are therefore pleased that […]
Tessa Sanderson CBE joins Women in Sport as Ambassador in its 40th Anniversary Year
Published Women in Sport is thrilled to announce the appointment of Olympic champion Tessa Sanderson CBE as an Ambassador, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of both Tessa’s historic gold medal win and the founding of the charity in 1984. As a trailblazer in the world of athletics, Tessa has long been an inspirational figure, breaking […]
Stronger together: Why women’s sport needs male allies
Published We’re living in a scary time if you’re a woman in sport, or just a woman in general. Online abuse of sportswomen is on the rise, new stories of women being mistreated in their sport are published weekly, and recent studies show that 16% of young men believe feminism has “done more harm than […]
COPA 71 Review: How an entire chapter of women’s football was erased from history
Written by Rachel Williams, Policy and Public Affairs Manager Published What year was the first women’s football world cup? A question that I, as an employee of Women in Sport and a woman who likes sport, would have confidently told you I knew the answer to 90 minutes ago. Everyone knows the first Women’s […]
Addressing Health Barriers for Girls & Women in Sport
Published The Women and Equalities Select Committee has published its latest report: Health Barriers to Girls and Women in Sport. Women in Sport gave oral evidence to the Committee and we welcome the publication of the report, which makes valuable recommendations across girls and women’s lives including: Action to tackle gender stereotypes Reducing the enjoyment […]
How elite women’s sport impacts girls’ ability to dream
Published 2023 was a stellar year for women’s sport at the elite level… The brilliant Vitality Roses went head-to-head with Australia in a spectacular semi-final, the first England Netball team to reach that stage of a World Cup. England’s hockey players were finally allowed to wear shorts during matches thanks to tireless campaigning by one […]