What changed
The Equal Sport Project has launched in the UK with backing from the English Football Association, Team GB and England Netball. It targets five areas: girls’ access at school, the reach and revenue of women’s sport, workforce equality, governance and access to facilities.
Organisations including Aquatics GB, the FA, Sport England, UK Sport and the Youth Sport Trust have made related commitments. The government also supports the project, citing £400m for grassroots facilities, doubled priority access to football pitches for women and girls, and the 2027 Tour de France Femmes Grand Depart.
Why it matters
The project puts women’s sport on a wider playing field than match coverage or headline events. It links participation, pay, leadership, facilities and decision-making, areas that determine who gets to play, work and shape sport in the first place.
The gap is stark. Fewer than 1% of women working in sport believe gender equality has been achieved across the industry, while more than half believe women are paid less than men for the same role.
The informed guess is that the project’s value will depend less on the launch than on whether these pledges acquire deadlines, money and measurable results. Until that happens, it is a shared plan with serious institutional backing, but not yet proof that equality is improving.
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