As a regional and rural women’s health service, we recognise the power of sport in preventing violence against women. Our local communities are tightknit and sport is often a key reason for that. Sport can be a great vehicle for change. Sport can place social issues such as violence against women on the radar of the community and start a dialogue on hard to talk about topics. Sport can also address potential issues or barriers to inclusion, respect, safety and equal opportunity that may be present in the club and affect women, men and gender-diverse people’s participation.
WHG and CoRE can support clubs be a part of the change process and help foster diverse and inclusive cultures that will attract and retain women and girls in sport.
There are many benefits of working with Women’s Health Grampians, including:
Gain access to a network of CoRE Alliance members through participation in CoRE. You will learn from, and share gender equality initiatives in the sport space with other clubs in the region committed to preventing violence against women.
Level the playing field in your club and fast track gender equality outcomes through WHG intensive Act@Play program, designed specifically for a sporting club.