READ MORE:* New Zealand footballer Meikayla Moore signs with famous English club Liverpool* Why NZ is now the outlier in world women’s sport* Why there’s still hope for women’s sportSUPPLIED Rachel Froggatt, CEO of Women in Sport Aotearoa and secretary general of the 2022 IWG world conference. And as the impacts of a global pandemic continue to reverberate through sport – and impact women’s sport more adversely – establishing a hub where athletes, administrators, leaders and researchers can communicate their experiences is timely. “The IWG on Women and Sport is the world’s largest network of experts and professionals in women’s sport. Investments like the government’s Women and Girls in Sport and Active Recreation strategy launched two years ago to pour $10 million into women’s sport over three years. “In the beginning it was awful; one of the worst times we’ve seen in terms of how quickly those who had been supporters of women’s sport suddenly dropped it.

Source: Stuff September 03, 2020 19:52 UTC