Thursday, May 29, 2008
Campaigning for women's and girls' sport.
The Women' Sport and Fitness Foundation is an organisation campaigning for women's and girls' sport. They are running a number of campaigns, including a campaign to improve media coverage of women's and girls' sport that anyone can get involved in (if you want an example of what to complain about take a look at the BBC Sport rugby webpage - no mention of England's recent European Championship win, or come to that the impressive performances of Wales and Ireland).
In addition they also have a monthly newsletter which frequently includes rugby. The latest issue includes an interview with Clive Woodward while the previous issue headlined an article from Katie Storie about A day in the life of an England Women's Rugby Player. Copies of the former quarterly magazine can also be found, and again rugby features - the Spring 2007 issue in particular includes an article on the game which includes an interview with one of Saracens' girls.
It can be a bit downbeat at times when it covers how hard it is for girls to play sport compared with boys - for example "Did you know that 23% of women agree that PE at school put them off doing sport." - but at least this is an organisation that is trying to do something, all be it on a shoestring, and as such is well worth supporting.
In addition they also have a monthly newsletter which frequently includes rugby. The latest issue includes an interview with Clive Woodward while the previous issue headlined an article from Katie Storie about A day in the life of an England Women's Rugby Player. Copies of the former quarterly magazine can also be found, and again rugby features - the Spring 2007 issue in particular includes an article on the game which includes an interview with one of Saracens' girls.
It can be a bit downbeat at times when it covers how hard it is for girls to play sport compared with boys - for example "Did you know that 23% of women agree that PE at school put them off doing sport." - but at least this is an organisation that is trying to do something, all be it on a shoestring, and as such is well worth supporting.
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