Addressing the Gender Gap in Disability Sport Participation
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As an Australian first, this research projectwill work with industry partners to close the persistent ‘gender gap’ indisability sport participation to improve opportunities for women, girls and nonbinary participants.
We know:
Women with disability have lower rates of organised sport participation (19%) compared to both nondisabled women (34%) and men with disability (27%)
Women with disability (32%) are around 3 times as likely as women without disability (9.2%) to experience high or very high levels of psychological distress.
Women with disability are often not considered in sport provision
Addressing the intersection of gender and disability (along with income, culture, sexuality, age, location) is vital for transforming systemic constraints, improvingsport participation (playing, volunteering, coaching, leading) and enablingsocial, health and wellbeing benefits. Without examining the constraints, enablers and benefits of sport, further investment in strategies and programmes risks increasing rather than reducing existing disparities.
This project will draw on the voices of women, girls and non binary people with disability to better understand why sport participation might be less inviting or appealing to some women and nonbinary people with disability, and what can be done to remedy this.
Our Research Team led by Griffith University Inclusive Futures: Professor Simone Fullagar, Dr Adele Pavlidis, Professor Allison Waters with Professor Simon Darcy (UTS), Professor Ruth Jeanes (Monash). Griffith Research Fellow with lived experience Dr Georgia Munro-Cook PLY.
As an Australian first, this research projectwill work with industry partners to close the persistent ‘gender gap’ indisability sport participation to improve opportunities for women, girls and nonbinary participants.
We know:
Women with disability have lower rates of organised sport participation (19%) compared to both nondisabled women (34%) and men with disability (27%)
Women with disability (32%) are around 3 times as likely as women without disability (9.2%) to experience high or very high levels of psychological distress.
Women with disability are often not considered in sport provision
Addressing the intersection of gender and disability (along with income, culture, sexuality, age, location) is vital for transforming systemic constraints, improvingsport participation (playing, volunteering, coaching, leading) and enablingsocial, health and wellbeing benefits. Without examining the constraints, enablers and benefits of sport, further investment in strategies and programmes risks increasing rather than reducing existing disparities.
This project will draw on the voices of women, girls and non binary people with disability to better understand why sport participation might be less inviting or appealing to some women and nonbinary people with disability, and what can be done to remedy this.
Our Research Team led by Griffith University Inclusive Futures: Professor Simone Fullagar, Dr Adele Pavlidis, Professor Allison Waters with Professor Simon Darcy (UTS), Professor Ruth Jeanes (Monash). Griffith Research Fellow with lived experience Dr Georgia Munro-Cook PLY.
