Tasmania (TAS)

Sport and Recreation, opens in a new tab works to support, improve and promote opportunities for women and girls to participate in sport and recreation in Tasmania at all levels. Active Tasmania is working to develop a women and girls' strategy for sport and active recreation. It is expected to be released in late 2025.

Programs, resources, and reports

• Girls in Action Sports Project (GASP): Final report, opens in a new tab, University of Tasmania, Menzies Institute for Medical Research and School of Social Sciences for Tasmanian Government and Womensport and Recreation Tasmania, (June 2021). The Girls in Action Sports Project (GASP) 2 was designed to better understand the enablers and barriers for girls in three male-dominated action sports – mountain biking, skateboarding and surfing.
  • Girls in Action Sports Project (GASP), opens in a new tab, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, YouTube, (20 August 2021).
• Women on State Sporting Organisation Boards, opens in a new tab, Department of Communities, Tasmanian Government, (March 2021). Since 2009, female representation on SSO boards has grown from 34.6 per cent to 44.5 per cent - a total increase of 9.9 per cent across a twelve-year period. In 2020 there were no SSO boards without female representation. This is the first time since reporting began that all SSO boards had one or more female board members. Additionally, no boards had less than 10 per cent female representation, which is again an improvement from 2019. The 2020 results indicate good progress compared to previous reports; however, there is still more work to be done:
  • Less than one in three SSO boards has a female president or chair.
  • In 2020, 40 per cent (12) of SSO boards had two females or less indicating a percentage of boards still have an insufficient number of females to achieve a gender balanced board.