{"id":13179,"date":"2021-09-29T04:13:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T04:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=13179"},"modified":"2021-09-29T04:13:02","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T04:13:02","slug":"2022-women-leaders-in-sport-grants-to-support-emerging-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/09\/29\/2022-women-leaders-in-sport-grants-to-support-emerging-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Women Leaders in Sport grants to support emerging leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hundreds of emerging female leaders in Australian sport will receive quality professional development and training under Sport Australia\u2019s 2022 Women Leaders in Sport (WLIS) grants.
\nApplications are now open for the program which has helped strengthen the role of female leaders in sport for more than two decades.
\nSporting organisations can also apply for WLIS grants to create more diverse and inclusive workplaces and attract, retain, and develop even more talented female leaders across the sector.
\nNow in its 21st<\/sup>\u00a0year, the highly regarded WLIS program is delivered by Sport Australia and will distribute $370,000 in grants with the support of the Office for Women.
\nMinister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women Marise Payne said the Morrison Government is committed to increasing the number of women leaders in sport.
\n\u201cWe are proud to fund a program which sets new benchmarks for supporting women in sport and assists organisations in taking meaningful steps to achieve gender equity in the workplace,\u201d Minister Payne said.
\n\u201cIncreasing women\u2019s economic security and leadership is a key focus for the Morrison Government.
\n\u201cAs we overcome COVID-19, it is more crucial than ever that we build strong foundations for women working in the sport sector.\u201d
\nMinister for Sport Richard Colbeck said the program\u00a0provides women with valuable development opportunities and experiences to progress on their leadership pathway.
\n\u201cWe know that sport can bring communities together and inspire positive change,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cBy providing these targeted development opportunities we are supporting the next generation of female sports leaders.\u201d
\nSport Australia Acting CEO Rob Dalton said the program has a proven track record of success.
\n\u2018\u2019Earlier this year we awarded individual grants to a record 84 women who attended courses from Board Room training to High Performance coach education.\u201d
\nDuring the last grants round, 13 organisations shared in $170,000 in funding including Football SA which is using its grant to deliver gender inclusive workshops to club board members and run women\u2019s leadership workshops, while the AFL is offering tailored training and education to 36 community coaches and officials.
\n\u201cTo date the WLIS program has supported more than 26,000 women and 100 local, state and national sporting organisations,\u201d Mr Dalton said.
\n\u201cThis is a fantastic achievement, and we are excited to see the program expand thanks to funding from the Australian Government.
\n\u201cThis will enable us to deliver even more opportunities for women and strive for a greater balance of men and women in senior positions both on and off the field.\u201d
\nApplications for the WLIS individual and organisation grants close on\u00a015 October, 2021.<\/strong>
\nMore information including the eligibility criteria is available on\u00a0Sport Australia\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hundreds of emerging female leaders in Australian sport will receive quality professional development and training under Sport Australia\u2019s 2022 Women Leaders in Sport (WLIS) grants. Applications are now open for the program which has helped strengthen the role of female leaders in sport for more than two decades. Sporting organisations can also apply for WLIS … Continue reading “2022 Women Leaders in Sport grants to support emerging leaders”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}