Women in International Elite Athletics: Gender (in)equality and National Participation.

ABSTRACT: Gender discrimination has been strongly related to the suppression of women's participation in sport. Accordingly, gender (in)equality has proven to be an important determinant for the participation and the success of countries in international women's elite sport. Hence, differences in gender (in)equalitity, such as women's participation in the labor force, fertility rates, tradition of women suffrage or socio-economic status of women, could be linked to success in international women's elite sports. While major international sport governing bodies have created programs to subsidize the development of women's sports in member countries, gender equality has figured rather low within the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) (now World Athletics). Therefore, the paper examines t

SUBMITTER: Meier HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8429847 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature