The Benefits of Women and Girls in Sports

“Bicycling has done more to emancipate women than any one thing in the world”

—Susan B. Anthony, suffragist, 1896

The Benefits of Women and Girls Physical Activity and Sport:

Being able to participate in sports lowers the percentage of receiving diseases which are 60% of deaths all around the world. On young girls, can positively impact on childhood health, as well as lower the risk of having horrific diseases in later life.

For older women being involved in physical activity will lower the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases which is one third of the deaths around the world.

Many things have changed the minds of men when looking at women's sports. Such as, the accomplishments women have accomplished. For one, Helene Madison was the first women to swim 100-yards freestyle in a minute in the 1932 Olympics.

Maria-Teresa de Filippis of Italy was the first women to compete in a European Grand Prix in a race in 1958.

There are many women that have accomplished many things over men especially in the Olympics and in other major events. Listed above.

Women have taken huge leadership roles in sports events, such as, Presidents and Secretaries-General of National Olympic Committees. More and more women have taken jobs and roles in sports such as, coaches, managers, officials, and sports journalists. As the time goes on women have taken over the sports section of the world.

Before all of these women could take these roles, there was a boundary of discrimination of women in earlier times up until the early 1900's.

Men believed women were not capable of doing sports because of health reasons and other reasons they believed would stop women from pursuing sports.

Women having the right to participate in sports has made us stronger as one and will prevent the impact of diseases around the world. Preventing women from doing the following will increase disease and increase the frustration of the women community. 

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/public/Women%20and%20Sport.pdf