Mar 29, 2023 Gender pay gap in sport – Disparity, progress and the way forward? By Elinor Cavil Sara Jenkins Since celebrating International Women’s Day earlier this month, we have been reflecting on this year’s theme of “embracing equity” and...
Mar 28, 2023 Sponsorship of Women’s Sport – what lessons can be learned from the 2023 World Cup? By Catriona Melton When it was announced that Visit Saudi was bidding to be a major sponsor of the forthcoming Women’s World Cup to be held in Australia and...
Mar 23, 2023 Menstrual cycles and athletic performance: Breaking the taboo By Emilie Faucheux Zelie Heran In our supposedly “modern” society, there remains a significant taboo surrounding the subject of menstruation and reproductive health,...
Mar 20, 2023 “It will be like rocket fuel”: an insight on equal pay in international women’s football By Benjamin McGlinchey “It will be like rocket fuel”[1] were the stirring words used by Football Association (FA) chairperson Debbie Hewitt following England’s...
Mar 15, 2023 The growth of women’s sports streaming services and what this means for the future of sports coverage By Aminat Molade This week a new, free, ad-supported streaming television channel (also referred to as “FAST channels”) focussed solely on broadcasting...
Mar 08, 2023 International Women’s Day: Strides made in sponsorship of women’s sport By Elinor Cavil Claire Sng As we celebrate International Women’s Day, we want to take the opportunity to acknowledge the strides made by women in sport and women’s...
Mar 06, 2023 The future of women's sport and a gentle reminder around the complexities of protecting athlete/celebrity names in the UK By Claire Sng Eloise Toner It is great to see the International Women's Day initiatives being announced; collaborative digital art drops between football clubs and...
Feb 22, 2023 Visibility in women's sport, different media for growing viewership and some thoughts for those considering podcasting By Lara Millar Claire Sng The year-on-year increase in UK average viewing time per person for women’s sport on TV (i.e. female specific events such as The Women’s...
Jan 31, 2023 Women in sport celebrated in Women's Hour Powerlist 2023 By Claire Sng How fitting that the Woman's Hour Power list for this year is celebrating outstanding women in sport.As they say in introducing the...
Jan 23, 2023 What is motorsports doing to end the 30-year wait for the next female competitor in Formula 1? By Zoë Stainton Records were smashed last summer when 17.5 million fans in the UK watched England’s women’s football team win the European Championship,...
Jan 13, 2023 Sponsorship, attendance and broadcast revenue all rising rapidly in women's sport... By Ally Clark Cameron Wagner of Elevate Sports Ventures, in this excellent Forbes article on the World's Highest-Paid Female Athletes in 2022, says:
Dec 09, 2022 DLA Piper’s Women in Sport makes herstory! By Hannilee Fish DLA Piper’s Women in Sport initiative made herstory by hosting Millie Bright, England and Chelsea defender, for its first in person event...
Nov 15, 2022 Women in sport vlog series: Developments in women's pro cycling By Mary Foord-Weston In this vlog, I talk about the inaugural “Tour de France Femmes”, which took place this year, and the history of the women’s Tour. It’s...
Nov 15, 2022 Media, Sport and Entertainment Summit - On demand By Sarah Jayne Scott We held our Media, Sport and Entertainment Summit virtually across a number of dates in September and October. Topics in the programme...
Oct 27, 2022 Women in Sport: In conversation with Lioness, Millie Bright By Sarah Jayne Scott Fresh from her EURO 2022 win, professional footballer and England Lioness Millie Bright will join us on Thursday 1 December at 6pm for an...
Sep 28, 2022 Professionalism and the growth of women's rugby union in Europe By Elinor Cavil After a 12-month delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the women’s Rugby Union World Cup 2021 is due to kick off in New Zealand next week...