New York, NY (December 13, 2023) – The Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF) announced the 2023 grant recipients for the Sports 4 Life Program – a national initiative, co-founded with ESPN, and supported by Gatorade – that utilizes the power of sport to build a solid foundation for girls of color to thrive on and off […]
New York, NY (February 1, 2023) — Gathering in the nation’s capital, the Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF) is uniting champion athletes, coaches, leaders and women’s sports advocates to ring in the 37th Annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day (NGWSDTM), a national day that is powered by WSF. Today on Capitol Hill, WSF is […]
Teen Sport in America, Part II: Her Participation Matters provides new data that identifies the health, academic, and psychological benefits that teen girls obtain on a sport-by-sport basis. The report is an extension of the WSF’s original 2018 Teen Sport in America: Why Participation Matters that addresses the important role that sports can play in […]
By age 14, many girls are dropping out of sports at two times the rate of boys.1Through more than 25 years of research, the Women’s Sports Foundation has identified key factors which contribute to this alarming statistic. Read on to learn more about how these factors influence girls’ sport experiences and why they need to […]
This study builds on previous research and policy that view teen sports as an educational tool and public health asset. The results highlighted that school-based athletics continued to be the most popular activity provided by high schools in the U.S. and was the only school-based extracurricular activity that showed an increase in participation rates between […]
The Women’s Sports Foundation commissioned the Teen Sport in America: Why Participation Matters report to better understand the impact of sports participation on teen health, well-being and academic achievement.
New York City, NY (October 18, 2017) – Tonight the Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF)—the leading authority on the participation of women and girls in athletics — hosted the biggest night in women’s sports at its 38th Annual Salute to Women in Sports awards gala at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.
This study by the Center for Research on Physical Activity, Sports, and Health describes and analyzes the shifting flow of U.S. adolescents into and out of competitive, organized school and community sports across the high school years.
New York, NY (January 18, 2017) — The Women’s Sports Foundation today announces the appointment of Grete Eliassen as the Foundation’s new president and Lisa Baird, Sasha DiGiulian and Andrea Perez as new Board of Trustees members.
NEW YORK, NY – November 21, 2016 – The Board of Trustees of the Women’s Sports Foundation today announced the appointment of Dr. Deborah Antoine as the organization’s next chief executive officer. Dr. Antoine will succeed Deborah Slaner Larkin, who is stepping down as the Foundation’s current CEO, as of Jan. 3, 2017.
