The Women’s Sports Academy exists to help close the gender gap in sports, empowering all Australian women to participate in exercise and access the career pathways offered by sport.
We offer a range of programs providing education, mentoring, support and training to help women reach their full potential in and out of the gym.
Founded by World Powerlifting Champion and psychologist Katrina Robertson, we are passionate about shaping a future where every girl and woman in Australia can reach their full potential in the sporting world, whether as an athlete, coach, administrator, manager or media member.
It’s time to transform the game, creating a more level playing field for women and helping Australian women stay active and healthy.
of all sports participants are female, yet women’s sports receive only 4% of all sport media coverage and female athletes are much more likely than male athletes to be portrayed in sexually provocative poses.
of all athletes in the Tokyo Olympics were women, but only 13% of the coaching staff were, and only 30.5% of the technical officials were women. The 2021 Australian Olympic team saw 254 women (53%) out of 482 athletes. However only less than 10% of the coaches in the Australian Olympic team were women.
In Australia soccer, there are 2,934 accredited coaches and just 137 (4.66%) of them are women. It is also interesting to note that in all Australia female sports, excluding netball, only 25% of the coaching roles are filled by female coaches.
of key management personnel were women in Australian Sporting Organisations (down from 38.2% the previous year), while that figure was 33.8% for women in high performance roles.
In 2020, out of the 89% of adults [over 15 years] that participated in sport/PA, only 31% were women vs 69% of men.
The Women’s Sports Academy exists to inspire, educate and empower Australian women to thrive in the world of sport.
