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Topic: Advocacy - November 19 2021
VIS™ Advocates for Equal Visibility with Sydney Taylor

At Voice In Sport™, we work to advocate for equal visibility for girls and women in sport. We spoke with VIS™ Advocacy Leadership team member Sydney Taylor to find out how we can help!

By: Zosia Bulhak

VIS Creator

Topic: Advocacy

November 19 2021

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In the world of sports media, girls and women in sports are often invisible. Women athletes account for 40% of sports participants, yet they get only 4% of the television coverage (Tucker, 2014). The content devoted to women athletes is often presented as “less exciting and less valued than male sports” (Cooky et al., 2013). Here is why VIS Advocate™ Sydney Taylor decided to take action against this inequality.  Why Advocacy?  Taylor was prompted to stand up f...
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