While research and statistics confirm the divide between male and female sports participation levels throughout Ireland, encouraging and empowering women and girls to partake can deliver enormous dividends for communities.
Women and girls involved who enjoy sport will feel better about themselves, both physically, mentally and socially. Sport helps to build confidence, improve health outcomes, and can have an empowering impact. The male-dominated atmosphere of sports venues, stereotyping, and a lack of prioritisation of women's preferences result in significantly higher inactivity among women and girls than their male counterparts.
Women and girls must be central to planning ongoing activities, with co-creation of such activities also essential. TRUST Ireland is identifying women and girls' concerns and examining what works well for increasing women and girls' participation. The tools and information below can empower women and girls to articulate their needs and serve as guidance to sport organisations and clubs that wish to increase female participation.
