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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4 Apr 2024: Women and girls' participation in male-dominated sports. ... Research aim: To gain an understanding of women and girls’ participation and experiences in traditionally male-dominated sports.
Balancing the Board Policy and how Community Sport Clubs are managing these impacts. ... Project Partner. Organisation. Office for Women in Sport and Recreation - Victoria Government.
Mapping intersectionality within the Victorian sport sector workplaces. Through an analysis of both historic (2016-2023) employment and current (2023-24) recruitment data in the Victorian sport sector, this research will ... Project Partner. Organisation.
22 Jan 2021: Sport Australia will tonight unveil its next Lifetime Achievement winner for exceptional service to sports. ... Best individual sport coverage – broadcast (9.10pm). Brenton Speed, Fox Sports Australia.
3 Apr 2019: JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Saturday 30 March 2019. BACKING SPORTING COMMUNITIES AND WOMEN IN SPORT. ... Following on from the success of our Australian female athletes and sporting teams there is a tsunami of women taking up sport right across the country.
28 May 2021: The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) will once again proudly join with the Committee of Australian Sport and Recreation Officials (CASRO) to deliver OSF17. ... Another key aspect of this conference is its ability to create and foster relationships for
Evaluating the physical demands of women's rugby union. This project is intended to quantify the physical demands placed on Rugby Union players. ... Rugby union is a field-based invasion sport that incorporates a series of intermittent bouts of high
Wearable sensor informed activity workloads in elite women's water polo. To use inertial measurement units and machine learning techniques to classify and quantify common upper limb movements in elite womens ... Project Owner: Queensland Academy of Sport.
15 Feb 2024: AIS Swimming Program. 1983. Summary. The Swimming program was separated into men's and women's teams. ... Women - AIS swimmers achieved 9 out of 13 of Australian world ranked swimmers.
To quantify the opportunity of investing into the visibility of women’s elite sport, the Victorian Government’s Office for Women in Sport and Recreation (OWSR) commissioned a study delivered by ... Project Owner: Office for Women in Sport and