New research from Women in Sport shows girls still turn away from school sport in their droves but the Girls Active programme is seeking to change thatAnother day, another report concluding that girls are not engaging with PE and physical activity compared to their male peers. The difference this time is that two leading sports governing bodies believe they have found a solution – one that works.Over the past year there has been a proliferation of gendered schemes using pink or princess motifs to entice girls into doing sport or PE, they are “superficial”, according to Ruth Holdaway, the CEO of Women in Sport. Continue reading…
Via: Girls not engaging with school sports … but one group may have the solution | Anna Kessel

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