The Female Friendly Sports Infrastructure Guidelines aim to address the barriers experienced by women and girls in sporting environments through driving change in the physical design of facilities, leading to increased female participation and shifting the culture surrounding sport and active recreation environments.

The Guidelines are the first in Australia to address change in sports infrastructure to better support and encourage female participation and use. The Guidelines were developed in partnership with Victoria University’s Institute Sport, Exercise and Active Living and included key sport, government and industry stakeholder involvement.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

• Extensive evidence based global research on barriers to female participation.
• Engagement with state, regional and local government agencies, sporting bodies and regional sporting leagues and associations and facility management organisations.
• Recommendations on how to increase female participation based around the three key themes of facility planning and design, maximising use and policy that drives change.