The charity Women in Sport today launches new research, funded by Comic Relief, into how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the lives of teenage girls and their relationship with sport and physical activity. The research showed that lockdown has led girls to recognise the value of...
Our new research looks at the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on teenage girls’ lives and physical activity. Half of the girls (51%) surveyed by Women in Sport were concerned that they were losing their fitness and 45% worried that it would be hard to get back...
The news that women’s football will be getting some serious coverage from both Sky and the BBC is just what this country needs as we stumble towards the finish line (hopefully) of what has been a traumatic time for sport as a whole; but women’s sport in...
This year’s theme for International Women’s Day encourages us all to #ChoosetoChallenge gender inequality. This feels quite every day for us, given that Women in Sport was set up in 1984 to challenge the way women and girls are excluded from sport. Today I read that the...
Victoria Evans’ pursuit of a world-record solo row across the Atlantic Ocean may have been postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but it hasn’t stopped her from encouraging girls and women everywhere to stay physically active with the creation of the Sea Change Sport #350Challenge. The...
Today’s announcement of winter sports funding for women’s sport is not good enough. Although we welcome the financial support granted to the greatest women’s participation sports such as football and netball, the figures are significantly dwarfed by what men’s sports and leagues have received. Rugby union has...
