• News
    ‘Give a girl a whistle and you teach her to say “stop”…’

    While our Sec Gen Lisa O’Keefe was representing the IWG at the IF Forum in Lausanne, our... Read more

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    IWG delivers keynote at the International Federation Forum

    IWG Secretary General Lisa O’Keefe was invited to speak at the SportAccord International Federation (IF) Forum in... Read more

  • Photo of Dr Anita Whte OBE speaking at a podium. On the left, a large blue panel with a small IWG Women and Sport logo
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    IWG Announces New Fund To Support Female Leaders In Sport

    The International Working Group (IWG) on Women and Sport has today launched the Anita White Fund (AWF)... Read more

  • Photo of Dr Anita Whte OBE speaking at a podium. On the left, a large blue panel with a small IWG Women and Sport logo
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    El IWG lanza un nuevo fondo para apoyar a las mujeres líderes en el deport...

    El Grupo Internacional de Trabajo (IWG) sobre la Mujer y el Deporte ha lanzado hoy el fondo... Read more

  • Photo of Dr Anita Whte OBE speaking at a podium. On the left, a large blue panel with a small IWG Women and Sport logo
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    IWG lance un nouveau fonds pour soutenir les femmes leaders dans le sport

    Le Groupe de Travail International (IWG) sur les Femmes et le Sport a lancé aujourd’hui l’initiative Fond... Read more

  • About Us

    The International Working Group (IWG) on Women & Sport is the world’s largest network dedicated to advancing gender equity and equality in sport, physical education and physical activity. It is fully aligned to the 17x United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

    Established in 1994, the IWG advocates and runs programmes globally year-round. It developed and remains guardian of the Brighton plus Helsinki 2014 Declaration, which now has the commitment of nearly 600 signatories worldwide. In September 2021, it launched a world first Insight Hub – an interactive collection of research, case studies, toolkits and news contributed from all over the world. In late 2022, the IWG launched the most recent IWG Progress Report.

    Every four years the IWG stages the IWG World Conference on Women & Sport, the largest gathering of its kind in the world. The most recent event was staged in Aotearoa New Zealand and Online in November 2022. More than 1,850+ global sports leaders from over 300 organisations in 90 countries attended.

    The IWG is governed by the volunteer IWG Global Executive and the current 2022 – 2026 Secretariat is being hosted by the United Kingdom.

    It is a not-for-profit with funding from a mix of Grants & Trusts, Donations, Fundraising & Gifts and Commercial Partnerships. You can help too by visiting Support UsVisit About to learn more and to meet the IWG team.

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    INSIGHT HUB: RESEARCH & CASE STUDIES

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    9th IWG WORLD CONFERENCE

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