Table of Contents

1. Introduction, 2. Participation Opportunities and Pathways for Women and Girls, 3. Developing Sport for Girls and Adolescents, 4. Developing Sport for Mothers with Dependent Children, 5. Developing Sport for Older Women, 6. Developing Sport for Women and Girls with a Disability, 7. Promoting LGBT+ Inclusion in Women’s and Girls’ Sport: Lessons from Australia, 8. Developing Sport for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Women and Girls, 9. Developing Sport for Indigenous Women and Girls, 10. Developing Sport for Women and Girls in Underserved and Low Socioeconomic Communities, 11. Empowering Women and Girls Through Sport, 12. Developing Sport for Women and Girls: Education, 13. Gender, Sport and Livelihoods, 14. Promoting Health for Women and Girls Through Sport, 15. High-Performance Athletes, 16. Coaches and Officials, 17. Athlete Protection and Duty of Care, 18. Regulating High Testosterone in International Women’s Sport, 19. Professional Women’s Sport Leagues, 20. Developing Sport for Women and Girls: Media Influence

About the Author

Emma Sherry is an internationally regarded expert in the field of sport development and access and inclusion within the sport and recreation environment with the Swinburne University Sport Innovation Research Group. Emma currently sits on the editorial boards of the Journal of Sport Management, Sport Management Review, the Journal of Sport for Development, Communication and Sport Journal and the International Journal of Sport Business Management.

Katie Rowe is Senior Lecturer in Sport Management and a member of the Centre for Sport Research at Deakin University, Australia. Katie's research focuses on sport and active recreation participation and community development through sport, with a particular emphasis on issues of relevance to women and girls.