AWARD YEAR
2023
CATEGORY
Body
GOALS
Good Health & Well-being, Gender Equality, Trust, Tolerance & Empathy, Generational Harmony
KEYWORDS
Womens athletes, Advocacy, Sport Psychology, gender equality
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
Stef Strack
WEBSITE
https://www.voiceinsport.com/
VIS™ (Voice in Sport™)
Digital sport platform for female top athletes and experts.
How does it work?
VIS™, or Voice in Sport™, combines membership and mentorship. It is formed by a community that connects and inspires girls and women in sports ages 13-23 through a member-only platform providing access to original content fueled by the VIS Creators™. It also provides an Advisory Podcast, a digital mentorship program sourced by the VIS League™, access to VIS Experts™ in Sport Psychology, Sports Nutrition, Sports Dietetics and Women's Health, and Advocacy Tools to drive change.
Why is it needed?
VIS™ mission is to bring more visibility to women and elevate their voices. The challenges within sport and advocacy that women face in the sports industry are countless: 51% of girls drop out of sport by age 17; 48% of female collegiate athletes have reported experiencing depression or anxiety; among female high school athletes in aesthetic sports, 41.5% reported disorder eating; Colleges spend 24% of their operating budget on female sports; annually, boys get 1.13 million more sports opportunities than girls; 3.2% percentage of sports media coverage is devoted to women's sports, are amongst the examples that VIS™ takes into account. With this into consideration, VIS™ advocates for equality for girls and women in sports at all levels and supercharge sports science and research on the female body.
How does it improve life?
At Voice in Sport the goal is to support and inspire each other to stay in sport and advocate for change. Elevating and championing the voice of girls and women in sports, ultimately giving them the tools to create the future they want to see, and building a community that inspires each other to change me rather than just the game.