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.
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Gendered Online Harassment in Women’s Sport Survey. The research aims to examine the experience, impact and potential solutions to gendered online harassment experiences of professional and elite women’s sports ... Access/Audience:. Open. Date:. Title
24 Nov 2020: Olympic Games, Los Angeles. 31 Jul 1984. Women's 100m Freestyle. 56.51. ... Commonwealth Games, Auckland. 27 Jan 1990. Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay.
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22 Feb 2024: Governments around the world invest in major sporting events to create social, economic, and cultural benefits.
24 Nov 2023: By uniting our leaders, performance support, coaches, and athletes with thought innovators from outside of sport, WC2WB 2023 ensured we continue to deliver the very best of sport to Australia and ... To celebrate the 12-month anniversary
This project seeks to contribute to engaging men as allies within sport coaching through exploring their knowledge and understanding of gender and diversity responsive coaching and associated practices. ... z.avner@deakin.edu.au. Project Partner.
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
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
4 Apr 2024: The Australian Sports Commission’s research team recently spoke to a broad range of Australian adults from all walks of life about their relationship with sport. ... Australian sports, and the ways in which we engage with sport and physical exercise,
20 Mar 2023: Our results suggest that parental involvement in children’s sport increases the likelihood that the child will participate in organised sports. ... The Market Segmentation for Parents study explored parents’ attitudes and behaviours towards sports