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Money spent on sport and physical activity is not shared fairly between men and women. We’re calling on sport, policymakers and the government to focus on gender budgeting and deliver fair funding for women’s sport.

New report from charity Women in Sport exposes the gendered ‘dream deficit’

• Press Release

Founded in 1984, Women in Sport is the longest-standing charity in its field with a proud history of securing change for women and girls.

New Women in Sport survey finds stubborn inequalities still prevent many girls from getting involved.

• Press Release

Young people's activity appears to be returning to pre-pandemic levels, but girls remain less active than boys in every school year.

• Press Release
• Teenage Girls

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.

• Opinion

Girls aged 11-18 years old exercise less regularly and for less time than boys. Only 8% of girls meet the Chief Medical Officer’s recommendation that young people aged 5 -18 should do 60 minutes of physical activity every day.

• Research report
• Teenage Girls

Women in Sport is a charity, and it is because of the generous support we receive from funders and donors that we are able to carry out our work.

Girls as young as five years old are being bombarded by messages that make them feel as though sport is not a place for them.

• Press Release
• Primary Girls

Our research into what causes boys’ negative attitudes and behaviours to girls in sport in the early primary school years.

• Research report
• Boys and Men