WOMEN & SPORT
The WRN Summer Sport Campaign 2025 focuses on the risks to millions of women and children from using public swimming pools and leisure facilities.
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A street action and social media campaign. The red flag is the symbol for the campaign as it signifies a serious SAFEGUARDING risk and a failure to PROTECT women and children from harm.
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​We call on sports and leisure providers to make SAFEGUARDING the No.1 priority when building and refurbishing leisure facilities
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The safest changing room is a single-sex changing room.
BIOLOGY
MATTERS
We play sport with our bodies, and therefore, in the interests of fairness, we must keep sporting categories separated on the basis of sex, and not gender identity. We know that men are bigger and stronger than women, and we know that this is the result of a testosterone fuelled puberty.
We have more than enough data to know that in any sporting event that requires speed, strength, grip, resistance or fast reactions then women can’t win against men, all other things being equal.
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The differences are so pronounced, that when the athletics results of high achieving US schoolboys are compared to 2016 Olympic Women's Finalists, the boys win everything. In many events, the best women athletes in the world don’t even qualify for the boys’ event finals.
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INCLUSIVE SPORT
A Guide to Writing Single-Sex Sport Policies
The vast majority of sports NGBs affiliated to Sport England do not protect the legal rights of women and girls to fair and safe sport, despite the requirements of the UK Equality Act 2010.
Sports providers must provide safe and fair sport on the field of play, and must comply with laws to provide privacy, dignity and safety for females using changing rooms and toilets.
The law applies to sports’ governing bodies, and organisers of sports and fitness activities such as fun runs and sports taster sessions. All levels of sports and fitness activity are included from grassroots recreational through to elite competition and all ages from children to ‘masters’
The Women’s Rights Network has written guidance to aid sports’ providers that are updating their Transgender Policy documents.​
NEW GUIDES
Inclusive Sport: A Guide to Writing Single-Sex Sports Policies
A short guide to writing policies that comply with the law. Aimed at Sports’ NGBs, Fitness and Activity Providers; Event and competition organisers; Diversity and Inclusion Officers, Safeguarding Officers and Sports Coaches. Download Here.
Sex Segregated Sport in the UK: A Lawful Approach to Policy Making
An in-depth guide to complying with the Equality Act 2010 and the Sports Councils Equality Group recommendations.
Contact your Sports' Governing Body and let them know how you feel about allowing males into female categories of sport (and into changing rooms and toilets). Use our template letter and adapt it with your own words or send it, as is. Check our Fair Sports Awards for links to sports' transgender policies and contact details. Download Here.
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​For further guidance please contact us.
Is your sport fair? We’ve awarded the Women’s Rights Network Fair Sport Awards to those sports that have fair and safe policies for women and girls from grassroots through to elite.
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Are they one of our "Fair Sport Award" winners or are they unlawful?
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Fair Play For Women: Fair Play For Women is a campaigning and consultancy group which raises awareness, provides evidence and analysis, and works to protect the rights of women and girls in the UK.
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Save Womens Sport: A coalition that seeks to preserve biology-based eligibility standards for participation in female sports.
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Sex Matters: A group lobbying for clarity on sex in law and institutions, publishing research, guidance and analysis and holding organisations accountable.​
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