Women & Sport
The Australian Sports Commission [http://www.ausport.gov.au/]
Looks at the area of 'women and sport' [http://www.ausport.gov.au/participating/all/women/about] to address gender and equality issues and provides resources from the Women and Sport Unit including factsheets on:
A History of Women and Sport in Australia
http://www.ausport.gov.au/participating/all/women/about/history
Women in the Olympics [http://www.ausport.gov.au/participating/all/women/issues/olympics]
Issues involved with Women and Sport
[http://www.ausport.gov.au/participating/all/women/issues] such as:
The Media and Women’s Sport
[http://www.ausport.gov.au/participating/all/women/issues/media]
Looks at the amount of coverage that women’s sport receives in the media
Includes references to many items the WSRC has available including:
•Cahn, S, Coming on strong, Cambridge Ma., Harvard University Press, 1994.
•Creedon, P, Women, media and sport: Challenging gender values, California, Sage,1989.
•Nelson, M, The stronger women get the more men love football, New York, Brace,1994.
•Phillips, MG, An illusory image: a report on the media coverage and portrayal of women's sport in Australia, Canberra, Australian Sports Commission, 1997.
•Stell, M, Half the race: A history of Australian women in sport, Sydney, 1991.
Reports WSRC holds includes:
•Invisible games: A report on the media coverage of women's sport , Aussie Sport Action , Canberra, Australian Sports Commission, 1994.
•Women, sport and the media , a report to the Federal Government from the Working Group on Women in Sport, Australian Sports Commission, Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service, 1985.
Sexploitation [http://www.ausport.gov.au/participating/all/women/issues/sexploitation]
Looks at the sexualisation of women athletes
Body image [http://www.ausport.gov.au/participating/all/women/issues/image]
and sports clothing [http://www.ausport.gov.au/participating/all/women/issues/attire]
and eating disorders [http://www.ausport.gov.au/participating/all/women/issues/osteo]
Transgender issues in sport [http://www.ausport.gov.au/participating/all/women/issues/transgender]
Pregnancy in Sport - Guidelines for the Australian Sporting Industry [http://www.ausport.gov.au/participating/all/women/resources/pregnancy]
Sports Medicine Australia (SMA)fact sheets [http://www.sma.org.au/information/women_in_sport.asp on women, sport and health issues include:
• Premenstrual Syndrome and the active woman
• Exercise in Pregnancy
• Exercise and well being after Pregnancy
• Nutrition for Sportswomen
• Keeping active during Menopause
• Exercise and Osteoporosis
• Contraception for active women
• Growing up with Exercise
Sport Industry Australia [http://www.sportforall.com.au]
