Representation

Representation of women in the olympics: 

Female Athletes in the olympics-

• 22 women competed at the 1900 Games, 2.2% of all the competitors. But, in 2016 there were 4,700 women competitors of 10,444 total athletes — a 6.8 percent increase since 2000.

• Since 1991, any new sports seeking to be included on the Olympic program have been required to include women's events, but not all events include women even today.

• The number of women athletes at the Olympic Games is approaching 50 per cent.

• Not only are there many more men athletes, but also a huge percentage of male coaches compared to women coaches.

• The Gender Equality Review Project has highlighted the need to address the imbalance in coaching.

• To help get rid of this gender gap in the olympics, The International Olympic Committee encourages the IOC to include women in “decision- making positions”

• the IOC Gender Equality Review Project with its 25 recommendations launched in March 2018 is a tangible outcome of this commitment. With an emphasis on taking action, the aim of the Project is to provide a solutions-based approach to achieving gender equality on and off the field of play, sooner, rather than later.

Female coaches in the olympics:

Female IOC members in the olympics:

Women are now included in the olympics, but are the rules fair?

“In the 1972 Munich Olympics, US men won 71 medals while the women brought home only 23.” Not only have women struggled with taking metals home,  but also with fewer opportunities to speak on camera and have been characterized as having less athletic skill than male athletes.