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We visit Equality FC
Our 2016 Girls’ Attitudes Survey found that one in three girls aged 11-16 say they do not have the same choices as boys in school sport, while 65% of all girls and young women said they wanted to see more women’s sport on TV.
To find out more about inequality in sport, and how girls and young women feel about it, we took Brownies and Guides from four local units to the Dripping Pan, home of Lewes FC in Sussex. Known as ‘Equality FC’, Lewes was the first football club in the country – and possibly even the world – to pay its women players the same as the men and offer them the same coaching and playing opportunities.
The girls took part in a training session with some of the professional players, and heard from General Manager Maggie Murphy and star player Katie Rood about how Lewes FC is leading the way on and off the pitch.
Lewes FC is the first club [in the world] to pay women the same as men
Brownies from the 4th Lewes unit
Maggie Murphy, General Manager of Lewes women’s team
Katie Rood, Lewes and New Zealand forward
Katie meets Brownies from local units in Lewes
Top tips for raising the profile of women’s football
Brownies and Guides take part in a training session with the pros
Keen footballer Molly, 10
Women and men play on the same pitch at Lewes FC
For more about this year's Girls' Attitude Survery, visit the feature here.
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