UK women’s sport is experiencing a surge in media coverage and public interest. Breakthrough events such as the UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 football championships and the FIFA Women’s World Cup last year are translating into a sustained increase in the profile of women’s sport, not only in football, but across a range of sports, including cricket’s Ashes series and The Hundred and Six Nations rugby.
This increased attention has brought into the spotlight the inequality of support for, and lack of understanding of, the health and physiological needs of women and girls across sport.
Scrutiny of the ongoing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee injury issue in women’s football has shown that there is systemic gender inequality in sports and exercise research, which is still overwhelmingly conducted by men, looking at issues affecting men.
Source – UK Parliament