{"id":5822,"date":"2023-06-30T14:06:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T13:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/?page_id=5822"},"modified":"2023-07-21T10:19:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T09:19:25","slug":"gender-budgeting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/creating-change\/policy-positions\/gender-budgeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender Budgeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content clearfix\">\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Key points<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Wingdings&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u00a7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">allocation of resources in sport is not fair<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Whether we talk about money, time, profile or technical expertise, men\u2019s sport has the lion\u2019s share. This fundamental unfairness reflects a wider bias within society.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Wingdings&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u00a7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Denying the existence of this inequality only serves to further it. We must <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">understand the scale of the problem<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> before we can fix it. This is why gender impact reporting \u2013 an honest assessment of how much of the resources of a sport are benefitting women and girls \u2013 is the first step.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Wingdings&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u00a7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gender budgeting &#8211; analysing the results of a gender impact report and adjusting resources accordingly \u2013 can then be implemented to <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">make sport truly fair for women and girls<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We urge the UK Government to <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">make gender impact reporting a requirement of receiving public money for all sporting organisations in England<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, with a medium-term aim to introduce gender budgeting across sport.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5625 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/31-01-2023-Mellers-School-Women-in-Sports-HIGH-10-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A young muslim girl playing football in the school playground\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/31-01-2023-Mellers-School-Women-in-Sports-HIGH-10-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/31-01-2023-Mellers-School-Women-in-Sports-HIGH-10-1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/31-01-2023-Mellers-School-Women-in-Sports-HIGH-10-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/31-01-2023-Mellers-School-Women-in-Sports-HIGH-10-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/31-01-2023-Mellers-School-Women-in-Sports-HIGH-10-1-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/31-01-2023-Mellers-School-Women-in-Sports-HIGH-10-1-800x532.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/31-01-2023-Mellers-School-Women-in-Sports-HIGH-10-1-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/31-01-2023-Mellers-School-Women-in-Sports-HIGH-10-1-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Why do we care about gender budgeting?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">At Women in Sport, we know that <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">sport transforms lives<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: it empowers individuals and communities, it brings together whole nations, and it is critical to our mental and physical health and well-being. Yet it is still a domain with <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">long-standing biases and deeply rooted gender stereotypes<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">. This is holding girls and women back from the benefits and joy of sport.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The governance structures that exist in most sports have been around for hundreds of years. In many sports, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">systems have existed in the past to actively exclude women from playing<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, in some cases until very recently. The resource allocation within sport at every level exist within these deeply gendered structures. How will they ever be fairly allocated to benefit girls and women as well as boys and men unless <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">proactive steps are taken<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> to ensure that they do? This is what gender budgeting will help to do.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4675 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Other-ways-to-give-scaled-e1688051527440-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"A group of high school girls playing netball\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Other-ways-to-give-scaled-e1688051527440-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Other-ways-to-give-scaled-e1688051527440-1024x828.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Other-ways-to-give-scaled-e1688051527440-768x621.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Other-ways-to-give-scaled-e1688051527440-1536x1242.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Other-ways-to-give-scaled-e1688051527440-800x647.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Other-ways-to-give-scaled-e1688051527440-600x485.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Other-ways-to-give-scaled-e1688051527440-400x323.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Other-ways-to-give-scaled-e1688051527440.jpg 1964w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The extent of the problem<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In the 2021-22 financial year, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport spent over \u00a31.1billion on sport in England. And yet the money spent on sport in the UK is clearly not delivering for women and girls. We have to question how much of it is really being spent on them at all.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">To take just a few examples:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"7\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Wingdings&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u00a7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Despite the public funds invested in team sports, leagues and hosting major team competitions, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">22% fewer girls play team sport than boys<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"7\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Wingdings&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u00a7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Girls remain <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">less active than boys in every school year<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">. Black and Asian girls are less active than their white peers \u2013 and the ethnicity gap between girls is greater than between boys.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"7\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Wingdings&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u00a7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">A recent count of leaders in the top twenty sports by participation in England<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sportengland-production-files.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/s3fs-public\/2023-04\/Active%20Lives%20Adult%20Survey%20November%202021-22%20Report.pdf?VersionId=ln4PN2X02DZ1LF18btgaj5KFHx0Mio9o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">[1]<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> showed that across the roles of <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">CEO, Chair and Performance Director just 23% were women<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"7\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Wingdings&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u00a7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">As hundreds of millions of pounds was funneled into sport to help it survive the pandemic <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">women\u2019s sport was left behind<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">. Out of a total \u00a335million of support given to football, the women&#8217;s game received just \u00a33million (less than a third of that allocated to men\u2019s non-league football).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"7\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Wingdings&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u00a7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Women and girls continue to face health inequalities<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and problems which could be ameliorated by physical activity:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">According to the Royal Osteoporosis Society<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theros.org.uk\/what-we-do\/media-centre\/media-toolkit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">[2]<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> over 50% of women over 50 will break a bone as a result of osteoporosis compared to 20% of men.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Young women between the ages of 16 and 24 are almost three times as likely to experience a common mental health issue as men of the same age<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">[3]<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">. Five times as many girls as boys self-harm and nine times as many are hospitalised for eating disorders<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cks.nice.org.uk\/topics\/eating-disorders\/background-information\/prevalence\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">[4]<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4763 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Women-cycling-scaled-e1686816112246-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Two black women in a spin class\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Women-cycling-scaled-e1686816112246-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Women-cycling-scaled-e1686816112246-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Women-cycling-scaled-e1686816112246-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Women-cycling-scaled-e1686816112246-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Women-cycling-scaled-e1686816112246-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Women-cycling-scaled-e1686816112246-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Women-cycling-scaled-e1686816112246-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Women-cycling-scaled-e1686816112246-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Gender impact reporting<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We can\u2019t solve a problem the scale of which we don\u2019t fully understand. We need to know how much the sport sector is spending, in terms of money and other resources, on women and girls now before we can move forward. That\u2019s why gender impact reporting is the first step in moving towards fair funding in sport.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Just like environmental impact assessments and gender pay gap reporting, gender impact reporting will shine a light on the effects that budgeting decisions have on girls and women in sport. Gender impact reporting is about considering all aspects of a sport that are affected by financial decisions; things like salary and training costs for staff, access to facilities, and coaching time available to men and women. By analysing how the full range of resources are being spent across the breadth of a sport we will start to reveal how much investment there really is in women and girls.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We recognise that this will not be a straightforward task and that sports organisations will need support. This includes support from the Government. Which is why we are urging the UK Government to take the first step and introduce a requirement for all organisations involved in the funding and\/or delivery of sport and physical activity and in receipt of UK Government money to implement gender impact reporting.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4680 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Regular-giving-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A group of girls playing basketball, three girls are wearing hijabs\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Regular-giving-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Regular-giving-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Regular-giving-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Regular-giving-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Regular-giving-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Regular-giving-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Regular-giving-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Regular-giving-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Gender budgeting<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gender budgeting will build on the foundation of gender impact reporting. Gender budgeting will involve analysing the results of a gender impact report and planning future resource allocation so that girls and women will ultimately benefit equally. It goes beyond adjusting spending to ensure a 50-50 split for men and women. It will be essential to engage women and girls in these processes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gender budgeting doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that either government or individual sports must spend more overall.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gender budgeting should be a fundamental part of good business and financial planning and without it we will not be able to level the playing field for women and girls in sport. For some sports this will take many years to achieve, given the history of inequality that has existed in some sports.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gender budgeting can be a powerful tool, acting as a circuit break for sport that enables a fairer system of resource allocation at both grassroots and elite level.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Policy recommendation<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The UK Government should<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> introduce a requirement for all organisations involved in the funding and\/or delivery of sport and physical activity and in receipt of UK Government money to implement gender impact reporting<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, with a medium-term aim to introduce gender budgeting in sport.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/euc-word-edit.officeapps.live.com\/we\/wordeditorframe.aspx?new=1&amp;ui=en%2DUS&amp;rs=en%2DUS&amp;wdenableroaming=1&amp;mscc=1&amp;hid=05DEC3A0-A0F7-6000-D31C-328199E40615&amp;wopisrc=https%3A%2F%2Fwsff.sharepoint.com%2Fsites%2Fwd%2F_vti_bin%2Fwopi.ashx%2Ffiles%2F3da1f4435dfc43df9976c48ab6b36f96&amp;wdorigin=DocLib&amp;wdhostclicktime=1688655333169&amp;jsapi=1&amp;jsapiver=v1&amp;newsession=1&amp;corrid=6847531c-94ae-4fe1-857a-283e4486eab0&amp;usid=6847531c-94ae-4fe1-857a-283e4486eab0&amp;sftc=1&amp;cac=1&amp;mtf=1&amp;sfp=1&amp;wdredirectionreason=Unified_SingleFlush&amp;rct=Normal&amp;ctp=LeastProtected#_ftnref1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">[1]<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> As defined by Sport England\u2019s Active Lives survey: <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Active Lives | Sport England\u00a0<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/sportengland-production-files.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/s3fs-public\/2023-04\/Active%20Lives%20Adult%20Survey%20November%202021-22%20Report.pdf?VersionId=ln4PN2X02DZ1LF18btgaj5KFHx0Mio9o\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Active Lives Adult Survey November 2021-22 Report (sportengland-production-files.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com)<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/euc-word-edit.officeapps.live.com\/we\/wordeditorframe.aspx?new=1&amp;ui=en%2DUS&amp;rs=en%2DUS&amp;wdenableroaming=1&amp;mscc=1&amp;hid=05DEC3A0-A0F7-6000-D31C-328199E40615&amp;wopisrc=https%3A%2F%2Fwsff.sharepoint.com%2Fsites%2Fwd%2F_vti_bin%2Fwopi.ashx%2Ffiles%2F3da1f4435dfc43df9976c48ab6b36f96&amp;wdorigin=DocLib&amp;wdhostclicktime=1688655333169&amp;jsapi=1&amp;jsapiver=v1&amp;newsession=1&amp;corrid=6847531c-94ae-4fe1-857a-283e4486eab0&amp;usid=6847531c-94ae-4fe1-857a-283e4486eab0&amp;sftc=1&amp;cac=1&amp;mtf=1&amp;sfp=1&amp;wdredirectionreason=Unified_SingleFlush&amp;rct=Normal&amp;ctp=LeastProtected#_ftnref2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">[2]<\/span><\/a> <span data-contrast=\"none\">Media toolkit | ROS (theros.org.uk)\u00a0<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/theros.org.uk\/what-we-do\/media-centre\/media-toolkit\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Media toolkit | ROS (theros.org.uk)<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">[3]<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0McManus S, Bebbington P, Jenkins R, Brugha T. Mental health and wellbeing in England: Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2014 [Internet]. Leeds; 2016<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cks.nice.org.uk\/topics\/eating-disorders\/background-information\/prevalence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">[4]<\/span><\/a> <span data-contrast=\"none\">Prevalence | Background information | Eating disorders | CKS | NICE\u00a0<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/cks.nice.org.uk\/topics\/eating-disorders\/background-information\/prevalence\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Prevalence | Background information | Eating disorders | CKS | NICE<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key points\u00a0 The allocation of resources in sport is not fair. Whether we talk about money, time, profile or technical expertise, men\u2019s sport has the lion\u2019s share. This fundamental unfairness reflects a wider bias within society.\u00a0\u00a0 Denying the existence of this inequality only serves to further it. We must understand the scale of the problem [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":1383,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5822"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5822"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7249,"href":"https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5822\/revisions\/7249"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ladyliga.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}