James Kay

5 days ago | illawarramercury.com.au | James Kay |Sam Elliott-Gibbs

Track star Maiya Hewitt. Pictures by Anna WarrWe have seen the Matildas sell out 16 successive home games, for a women's Test cricket match at the MCG, and women athletes contribute 72 per cent of Australia's gold medal tally at the Paris Olympics.

4 weeks ago | phys.org | James Kay |Sam Elliott-Gibbs

Women's sport has recently enjoyed unprecedented success in Australia. We have seen the Matildas sell out 16 successive home games, for a women's Test cricket match at the MCG, and women athletes contribute 72% of Australia's gold medal tally at the Paris Olympics.

4 weeks ago | theconversation.com | James Kay |Sam Elliott-Gibbs

Women’s sport has recently enjoyed unprecedented success in Australia. We have seen the Matildas sell out 16 successive home games, for a women’s Test cricket match at the MCG, and women athletes contribute 72% of Australia’s gold medal tally at the Paris Olympics. However, against the backdrop of these successes, women and girls continue to participate in community sport at lower rates than boys and men, a phenomenon known as the “gender play gap”. What is the ‘gender play gap’?