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Women and Sports
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Despite all their success, Australia’s female sports stars receive little recognition. But why is this? After all while our men have been struggling recently Aussie women have dominating and achieving global success in a variety of sports. There's our Olympians, Sally Pearson and Anna Meares who won gold at the London Olympics, 4-time world surf champion Steph Gilmore, Tennis superstar Sam Stosur as well as the women who just won the cricket world cup. Last month at the Asia-Pacific World Sport and Women Conference, Sports Minister Kate Lundy addressed gender inequality in the sporting world saying Australian female athletes are competing against men who have hundreds of years of history on their side. However, it seems things are slowly changing. For instance, in 2008 national competitions for woman’s soccer and netball were launched. But while women's sports are drastically improving, there is still a long way to go, especially in regards to media coverage. Ask people about women and sports and you will get hundreds of responses. 2sers Joel Moss reports
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