29 Jul 2013

DCMS committee calls for evidence on women and sport

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The Department for Culture, Media & and Sport (DCMS) Sport Committee is launching a new inquiry into the barriers facing women in sport.

It was hoped that one legacy from the record-breaking performance of Team GB's female athletes in the Olympics last year would be a greater prominence for women's sport and the encouragement of more girls and women to participate in sport.

However the new inquiry requires written evidence on a number of issues including:

  • availability of facilities for training and playing sport for both girls and women, at both elite and grassroots levels
  • finance, including sponsorship and prize money
  • media coverage
  • reasons why participation in sport by women decreases
  • the variety of sports on offer to girls at schools.

Written submissions should be sent online via the Women in Sport portal on the DCMS Sport Committee website. Submissions will be taken from 1 August until 19 September.

For more information or advice on how to respond contact the Sport and Recreation Alliance policy team.

Not sure what a Select Committee is? See our jargon buster video blog.

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