Do you want to attend a women’s sport conference, forum, summit or meet-up in Australia? You might want to try one of these events. Networking lunch – Advancing women in coaching 5th October 2018 GMHBA Stadium, Moorabool Street, South Geelong VIC Hosted by Change our Game Speakers at the Networking lunch The lunch will be […]
Women In Sport
Powerful women in Australian sport
This list of influential women in sport was created after I asked my twitter followers who they would nominate and then it grew, and grew, and… you get the idea. If there is someone you would like to see on the list, message me via twitter @DanielleWarby or in the comments. If you’re already on the list, […]
Are doubleheaders for women’s sport really the worst idea ever?
If you ask the fans, the majority hate doubleheaders. Are they that bad? Can doubleheaders be used to promote women’s sport? Fans of women in sport, particularly fans of football and cricket don’t seem to have a lot of good things to say about doubleheaders for the W-League and the WBBL. You have Friday or […]
Why do we call it ‘women’s’ sport?
Isn’t it all just sport? Why do we have to put ‘women’ in front? We don’t say men’s sport! I was on talk-back radio recently and someone said, “I’d like us to think about the use of the term ‘women’s sport’. We don’t say ‘men’s sport’. This implies men own sport and now women are […]
Women in sport podcasts from Australia
Here is a definitive list of all the women’s sport podcasts from Australia. And by ‘definitive’ I mean, let me know who I’ve missed in the comments. How did I decide who was on the list you ask? If the podcast is Australian, or talking a lot about sport in Australia and features women talking […]
Little girls are not the key audience for women’s sport
We, the media and advocates for women in sport, need to stop this obsession with inspiring girls. Yes, visibility is terribly important, girls can’t be what they can’t see but little girls aren’t going to drive more eyeballs, more bums on seats, more advertising dollars. They aren’t the key audience for women in sport, adult […]