Mediasphere

Mediasphere:

  Steps that have been taken to help this issue by using media, and other resources-

More than 100 years later, Reality Check finds that women's participation in the Summer Olympics has grown, but across the Olympic movement, the gender gap still exists.
By writing articles, posting, talking in interviews, using a voice, and even making ads, have all helped push the gender gap further and further from the olympics.

      Each year the the olympics are held, more and more women are participating, and are being included in various new sports-

    “The IOC continues to set an example for other sporting bodies by increasing the number of women in its own decision-making positions. Female representation on IOC commissions has now risen to 42.7 per cent, a historic high that equates to a 98 per cent increase since 2013. In 2018, women held 30 more positions across the IOC’s 26 commissions than they did in 2017, with female members present on each commission, while the IOC EB has seen an increase in female members from 21.4 per cent in 2017 to 30.8 per cent in 2018. As of 1 January 2019, 33 percent of IOC Members are women.”

    Including a recent steps-

• “33 percent of IOC Members are women.”
• In 2018, 13 women occupied the role of NOC President, while 33 were Secretary General.
• In 2015, twenty-three of the International Federations had more than 20 per cent women on their Executive Board. Thirteen did not have any women on their Executive Boards.