1st Edition

The International Working Group on Women and Sport 1994-2024 The Challenge of Change

By Elizabeth C.J. Pike Copyright 2024
99 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

99 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book comprehensively evaluates the role of the International Working Group on Women and Sport (IWG) – the world’s largest network dedicated to advancing gender equity and equality in sport, physical education, and physical activity – in influencing global and domestic policy and practice. The issues addressed by the IWG in its first three decades of activism reflect global socio-political... Read more

1. Introduction: The Challenge of Change

2. Reaching Out for Change, IWG Secretariat UK/Namibia, 1994–1998: Interview with Dr Anita White OBE

3. Investing in Change, IWG Secretariat Canada, 1998–2002: Interview with Dr Sue Neill

4. Participating in Change, IWG Secretariat Japan, 2002–2006: Interview with Dr Etsuko Ogasawara

5. Play, Think, Change, IWG Secretariat Australia, 2006–2010: Interview with Professor Dr Johanna Adriaanse

6. Lead the Change, Be the Change, IWG Secretariat Finland, 2010–2014: Interview with Raija Mattila and Terhi Heinilä

7. Determine the Future, Be Part of the Change, IWG Secretariat Botswana, 2014–2018: Interview with Dr Carole Oglesby and Game Mothibi

8. Change Inspires Change, IWG Secretariat New Zealand, 2018–2022: Interview with Rachel Froggatt

9. Share the Change, IWG Secretariat United Kingdom, 2022–2026: Interview with Annamarie Phelps and Lisa O’Keefe

10. Conclusion

Biography

Elizabeth C.J. Pike is Professor of Sport, Health, and Exercise at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. She is also Research Lead for the International Working Group on Women and Sport 2022–2026, Project Director for the Women in Sport High Performance Pathway (WISH), co-founder of the Anita White Foundation, Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (RSA), and Past President of the International Sociology of Sport Association.