Emma Kavanagh

Nov 28, 2024 | bjsm.bmj.com | Emma Kavanagh |Margo Mountjoy

What is #Cyberabuse? As demonstrated in the social media posts of netball athletes Stacey Francis-Bayman and Jo Harten, online abuse of athletes is shockingly violent and unfiltered, and radiates beyond those who experience it directly to those who witness it (figure 1).

Apr 4, 2024 | bjsm.bmj.com | Emma Kavanagh |Margo Mountjoy

What is #Cyberabuse? As demonstrated in the social media posts of netball athletes Stacey Francis-Bayman and Jo Harten, online abuse of athletes is shockingly violent and unfiltered, and radiates beyond those who experience it directly to those who witness it (figure 1).

Jan 8, 2024 | sportspromedia.com | Emma Kavanagh |Keith Parry

Women’s sport has enjoyed significant growth in recent years, with the sector forecast to be worth over UK£1 billion in 2024. Alongside this growth, women in sport are becoming increasingly high profile and women footballers have been elevated to the status of sporting celebrities. Yet there is a darker side to this adoration where these heroes can also be victims of online gender-based violence.

Oct 23, 2023 | medicalxpress.com | Mary N. Woessner |Alexandra G Parker |Aurélie Pankowiak |Emma Kavanagh

Sport is supposed to be a safe place for kids to learn and play. Too often, however, sporting clubs can be places where children are abused psychologically, physically or sexually. Imagine, then, a child in your life had been abused, but never told an adult about it. Our new research shows that's the case for many children who've experienced abuse in a community sport club. Here's what we found about how children talk about—or don't talk about—their experiences of abuse in sport.

Oct 22, 2023 | theconversation.com | Mary N. Woessner |Alexandra G Parker |Aurélie Pankowiak |Emma Kavanagh

Sport is supposed to be a safe place for kids to learn and play. Too often, however, sporting clubs can be places where children are abused psychologically, physically or sexually. Imagine, then, a child in your life had been abused, but never told an adult about it. Our new research shows that’s the case for many children who’ve experienced abuse in a community sport club. Here’s what we found about how children talk about – or don’t talk about – their experiences of abuse in sport.