#ThisGirlStillCan
Last Friday saw the launch of Sport England's second This Girl Can advert.
While the first advert (which I blogged about 18 months ago) focused on positive body image and just being active, Sport England say the focus has shifted for the second wave of the campaign, to a message about mental well-being. It's okay for life to . . .
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Lightweight men: taking the hit for gender parity
It was not a decision rowing's governing body FISA really had any control over. At their Extraordinary Congress in Japan this week those in charge of world rowing had to make a decision to scrap at least one men's event in favour of a women's event of equal size for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The decision has been . . .
Wanted: female coaches
About a year and a half ago I decided to step down from competitive rowing, while remaining connected to the sport through coaching. Since then I've been volunteering as a coach of our novice women's squad, a task which has been time-consuming but immensely rewarding. I'm thoroughly enjoying meeting a new group of women each year . . .
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Should 'hottest' lists be put in the freezer?
I discovered yesterday, through a scathing comment article in The Guardian, that Golf magazine publishes an annual 'Most Beautiful Women in Golf' list.
It's a whole page of pictures and videos of not just female golfers but also, apparently, wives of golfers, celebrated for their beauty.
The Guardian comment . . .
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A New Year's roundup of sporting inequality
My New Year's resolution? Among other things,to blog here more. Every day I think "that's worth looking at" and never get around to it.
So in honour of that, here's a round-up of some stories and issues which have caught my attention in the last week or so.
Earlier this week the New Statesman . . .
#SPOTY16 - a long way to equality
Last year I blogged about the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards, and bemoaned the lack of female representation. It would have been nice to come back a year on and say that everything I moaned about last year had been addressed.
I can't do that.
Last year, Andy Murray won. This year, Andy Murray won.
. . .
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A stroke in the right direction
"Christmas came early!" exclaimed one of my friends on Facebook yesterday, sharing a post from Henley Royal Regatta (HRR) announcing the introduction of three new women's events to their programme. From next year there will be an equal number of men's and women's events at the top or 'open' level of the regatta, . . .
