A screening of the Netflix documentary 'Game On', introduced by author of the book and director of the film, Sue Anstiss MBE. After the screening, she will also be part of a panel discussion exploring the role of the media in shaping a more inclusive future for women's sport.
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The panel:
Sue Anstiss MBE: Author and director of Game On: The Unstoppable Rise of Women's Sport, CEO of Fearless Women, a founding trustee of the Women’s Sport Trust and co-founder of the Women’s Sport Collective – a network for all women working in sport.
Aoife Glass: Digital Communities Manager for the IWG (International Working Group) on Women and Sport, former cycling journalist, digital editor and science communicator, award-winning podcast producer (Spindrift Podcast).
Zoe Woodman: Charity co-ordinator of girlsAlive, an all-female, non-competitive community sports club for women of all ages and abilities set up to tackle inequality in sports participation and bringing life-changing improvements to the physical and mental health of women.
Aneela McKenna: Professional mountain bike guide and coach, equality, diversity, inclusion (EDI) & wellbeing consultant, specialising in supporting cycling and outdoors industry sectors, co-chair of British Cycling D&I Advisory Group.
Jean Williams: Author of A Game For Rough Girls: A History of Women's Football in England (Routledge 2003), A Beautiful Game: International Perspectives on Women's Football(Berg 2007), Globalising women’s football (Peter Lang 2013) A Contemporary History of Women’s Sport (Routledge Research, 2011). Jean has recently published 50 Great Sportswomen (Aurora, 2022) and A History of women’s football (Pen and Sword 2022). Her new book is Legendary Lionesses A hístory if the England women’s football team 1972-2022 (Palgrave 2024). Her latest documentary is Copa 71, which premiers in March 2024.
Fiona Spotswood (Chair): Associate Professor of Marketing and Consumption, University of Bristol Business School, research lead for Project FIAS (Fostering Inclusive Action Sport), focusing on understanding and addressing gender inequality in mountain biking.
The event is co-hosted by Professor Martin Hurcombe, School of Modern Languages.