women's participation in sport • Fewer women are involved in regular physical activity and sport than men. Estimated percentage of Austral ians, 14 years and over, who participate in organised sport: Male 24% Female 16% • Among registered sports participants, women are out numbered by men by more than 3 to 1. Of 6.5 million registered participants in sport in Australia in 1990, 1.5 million were female. Percentage of total sports participants (1990): Male 77% Female 23% • More girls drop out of sport than boys …showed first 75 words of 293 total…

…showed last 75 words of 293 total…of men playing sports outnumber those of women playing sports by roughly twelve to one. Television • In a survey of television sports coverage, averaged across six major channels, women's sport occupied 1.3% of the total sport time. Sports journalists • Out of twenty-six major metropolitan newspapers across all States there is not a single female Sports Editor. • Out of twenty-one metropolitan television stations across Australia there is not a single female Head of Sport.