In Australia, women are under-represented in organised sport—as participants, coaches, officials, administrators, and board members—when compared to their male cohort. A variety of strategies exist to help equalise opportunities for girls and women, however, concerns continue on how gender bias may prevent them from receiving the full benefits sport and physical activity (PA) can offer.
Read moreIn practical terms ‘sport’ is defined by its social interpretation as well as its strong association with physical exertion and performance measures. What we perceive as ‘sport’ in one instance may not be in another; sport takes on many forms and is constantly changing based upon societal norms, trends, and new directions.
Read moreFully-matching results
2 Feb 2007: Page 2 of 59. Motivations and Barriers to Women Participating in Sport andNetball. ... Understanding participation in sport: What determines sports participation among 15-19 year old women?Sport England.
19 Mar 2024: Australian Sport Publication Archive. The Australian sport publications archive is managed by the Clearinghouse for Sport (Clearinghouse) and aims to provide permanent access to important documents published by major sports organisations
4 Apr 2024: The promotion of women in sport has been identified by the Australian Government as a key focus area for the future development of sport in Australia. ... The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is working towards achieving greater recognition of
28 May 2021: Julian held an AIS weightlifting scholarship from 1982 to 1988. Julian has worked in strength and conditioning since 1985, both in voluntary and professional capacities with sports such as basketball, rowing ... Currently, Julian is the Strength and
Effective anti-racism approaches for women and girls in community sport. The project will consider the impacts of reporting racism and will create culturally relevant and gender-sensitive anti-racism resources. ... This project complements research
1 Dec 2023: required to support Olympic combat athletes is relatively low, 6) both men and women compete in combat sports and 7) many sport science and sports medicine themes are shared across combat ... Once the project met approval by AIS leadership, individual
An intervention project aimed to work beyond sector silos and bring leaders from three male-dominated sectors (sport, trade and surgery) together to gain insights into challenges women encounter and learn ... Type. Report. Details:. A Cross-Sector
Shaping attitudes: Exposure to women coaches and officials influences children and parent perceptions. ... The aims of this project were to investigate: 1. Existing attitudes: towards women as coaches and officials 2.
Tackling the prevention of women's in-game risk of concussion. Sport has the power to empower and improve the health and wellbeing of women and girls by creating equal opportunities ... This information will develop new women-specific coaching guidelines
28 May 2021: Lucy ran a successful creative services firm for 20 years before she took on the start-up challenge as founding CEO of a brand new women’s health charity.