The Harm to Women and Girls from Male Inclusion

"Watch the "Inclusion Delusion" video and read the report explaining the harms of including males in the female category of sport"

Read about the extent of the problem and why safety and fairness also matter in non elite sport.

Levelling the playing field - Why women and girls matter in amateur sport - Policy Exchange Report

Check HERE to see if your sport is lawful, safe and fair for females by following the link to WRN’s comprehensive list of UK sports

Which Sports are Affected

Logo of Women's Rights Network with stylized profile of a woman in green and purple on the left, and bold black text on the right.

Organisations justify policies that are unfair to women and girls by stating there are only a few biological males taking part in female sport. Check out the HeCheated website to see the enormous scale of males affecting the opportunities, fairness and safety in female sport, in the UK and worldwide"

The insiders in our network tell us heart breaking stories of the negative impact male inclusion policies have had on their lives of sport. It is not just a competitive sport issue but affects women and girls in grassroots recreation activities.

It isn't just on the pitch or court where women are at risk from policies allowing males into the female category; it's changing rooms too.

WRN found that one-third of council swimming pools have only mixed-sex changing areas for swimmers and there is much evidence that women and girls are disproportionately at risk from covert filming in them

Read about their Red Flag campaign and read the report here - Leisure Centres - Putting women and Girls at Risk

Read this letter from REM Alsalem, United Nations Human Rights Commission Special Rapporteur to the Olympic President. It had detailed criticism of the "Framework on Fairness, inclusion and non-discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sex variations". In particular it raises potential human rights violations from the framework statement that there should be no presumed advantage of transwomen (biological makes) over female competitors"

Link to REM Alsalem letter

Measuring the blast radius of a man in women's sports - TheFemaleCategory

A single male on a women's team directly affects thousands of people - Blast Radius of Males in Women’s Sports