Girls worldwide who play sport are more likely to attend and stay in school, more likely to finish their education, more likely to be in better health and earn higher wages during the course of their lives. - The Honourable Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO
She Can
Who can? She Can!
Whether you're starting out in fitness or are already feeling fit and fab, She Can is a great way to make friends, have fun and skill up in sport in an inclusive, safe and comfortable environment.
She Can is Arc Sport's female identifying sports community. She Can aims to provide safe and inclusive opportunities for women to try and learn new skills within a sporting context.
For more information about the program, check out the She Can Website
UNSW Active Women Strategy
In line with the NSW Office of Sport’s Her Sport Her Way Strategy, UNSW Sport has developed Active Women: UNSW 2025 Women's Sport and Active Recreation Strategy in consultation with the women’s sporting community inside and outside UNSW.
The UNSW 2025 Women’s Sport and Active Recreation Strategy is a long-term project. The strategy focuses on four key pillars:
1. Participation
2. Investment & Infrastructure
3. Marketing & Promotion
4. Leadership & Governance
Full Strategy - UNSW Active Women Strategy
Policies & Guidelines
- UNSW Active Women Strategy | Active Women: UNSW 2025 Women's Sport and Active Recreation Strategy
- Her Sport Her Way | The NSW Office of Sport’s Women in Sport Strategy, Her Sport Her Way (2019-2023)
- No Boundaries for Women and Girls in Sport & Physical Activity | A strategy developed by the Australian Women in Sport Advisory Group in order to to strengthen industry. Utilise this resource to assist in setting goals and measure success in this field.
- Sports for Generation Equality Framework | A framework developed by UN Women to achieve gender equality in sport.
Tool Kits & Training
- Participation Planning Tool | A tool developed with the Her Sport Her Way Strategy with the aim of helping clubs and organisations identifying their strengths and weaknesses of female participation and how to implement strategies to improve these.
- Clearinghouse for Sport- Women in Sport | This website covers a range of various resources and reading materials that can be utilised to improve female participation in sport, leadership, governance and media.
- Women Sport Australia | Women Sport Australia is the peak organisation that advocates for women in sport in Australia
- Women in Sport Resources | This is a collection of resources on various aspects of women in sport, developed by Women in Sport in the UK.
- Marketing to Women | How to market sport to women effectively
- COVID-19, women, girls and sport: Build back better | This explores the impact of COVID-19 on women in sport and how to address this.
University Services
1. UNSW Women's Collective | The UNSW Women’s Collective (WoCo) is an autonomous intersectional-feminist collective focused on activism, education and community organisation.
