Encouraging and inspiring womxn everywhere to play sports despite pushback due to their gender.
#ShePlays Athlete Danielle Gray
#ShePlays Athlete Avery McCormack
University of Connecticut Women’s Basketball Team, image via #ShePlays Athlete Batouly Camara
Our Mission
There is an evident lack of female participation and representation in sports and sports management. We believe that sports can majorly impact a woman’s life which is why we want to start introducing athletics to girls at a young age.
Virtual Series Panelist Amanda McGrew
To increase awareness about the lack of female attention in athletics we have created a blog. The blog first displays articles about stories in the news and media with female athletes at the forefront. It also includes blog posts that cover a variety of topics surrounding women in sports. The blog is updated frequently and is a great place for young girls, coaches, parents, and others to see the importance of sports for women.
#ShePlays athlete Kristin Dizon
The hashtag ShePlays was created for women involved in athletics or sports management to tell their stories on success, pushback, defying the odds, etc. We additionally write features on women and girls who have inspiring stories and publish them here in order to broaden the range of stories told about female athletes. To have your story published contact us or tell your story on social media with #ShePlays and tag us!
#ShePlays Athlete Samantha Schultz
The Female Athlete Movement was inspired by and supports other organizations that help raise awareness for girls athletics. If you are an athlete, parent, coach, or other check out our Resources page for referrals to other programs.
The Female Athlete Movement was designed to have many ways for others to get involved through stories and ideas. Read below to find out how or check out the official Get Involved page for more.
#ShePlays Athlete Cat Teo
All female athletes have a story, whether it is still a work in progress or almost a final draft. There are multiple ways to tell you story. See below to submit your story for a feature article or post on social media with #ShePlays
Want to participate in or lead an event? See below for how to do that!
If you have ideas of other ways you would like to volunteer (article writing, photography, etc) visit our Contact page.
