The fact that sport builds meaningful confidence for women is well-documented.
In a recent study from EY and espnW, 94 percent of women executives reported having a background in sport, while over half of them participated at university level. Also, 74 percent agreed that playing sports helps a woman progress faster in their career.
Today is International Women’s Day, part of Women’s History Month.
Today, we celebrate the many women who’ve led the charge in running, alongside current history-makers and those ensuring that the stories of women athletes will not be forgotten.
But, spoiler alert! This celebration will continue every month of the year, because, yes, women athletes and their accomplishments deserve to be championed every day. And for this, we say:
Enough already with the hashtags.
Let’s focus instead on the other 364 days of the year. Let’s keep featuring stories by, for, and about women who are changing the world of sport and beyond, while extending our stories beyond running, too.
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