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1 with THANKS TO CASPIA CONSULTANCY LTD, WINDSOR JENNINGS LTD, JONES CREATIVE SERVICES LTD AND NEWINK FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN THE DESIGN AND PRINTING OF THIS REPORTG ender Balance in Global Sport Report 20161 CONTENTSF oreword: Liz Nicholl3 Preface4 Acknowledgements5 Report Authors5 Report Contributors5 Executive summary6 Introduction7 The gender pay gap in global sport9 Athletics10 Basketball11 Cycling11 Golf11 Tennis12 Case studies on the gender pay gap13 Football: Slow progress13 Cricket: Reasons to be positive16 Percentage of Women on governing bodies20 Olympic Committees20 Paralympic Committees23 International sports Federations24 Countries in Focus26 United Kingdom26 Case study I: British Wrestling30 Case Study II: British Rowing31 Australia32 More Aussie sportswomen go to Rio34 gender BALANCE IN GLOBAL SPORT REPORT2 gender Balance in Global Sport Report 2016 Women on Boards was founded in Australia following the successful Olympic Games held in 2000.

2 Theimpetus was the significant number of medals won by Women at the Games and the paucity of Women onnational sports Boards . Women on Boards was born as a network to enable Women to have the same levelof access to directorship roles as men. It has achieved some considerable copies of the gender Balance in Global Sport Report are available from: Women on Women ON BOARDSD isclaimerThe data on the number of men and Women serving on sports governing bodies was collected between April and July 2016 from the websitesof bodies responsible for sport at country level and internationally. This included national sporting organisations across countries participatingin Olympic Games, international federations for sport and sports organising bodies at international and national levels.

3 Data on similar bodiesin the Paralympic movement was also sought. Data was not available on all countries or all sports . In the majority of cases only non-executivedirectors have been counted, however there was difficulty in some cases in determining whether directors were serving in an executive or non-executive capacity. Women on Boards takes no responsibility for the accuracy of the data on the websites of the organisations reviewed. 2016 Copyright Women on Boards UKThis report may be distributed and reproduced subject to 2016 Women on Boards gender Balance in Global Sport Report is awelcome update on the participation of Women on sports governing bodiesacross the globe. Highlighting both the leaders and laggards, the reportshows that where governance is strong in countries such as the UnitedKingdom and Australia, trends for improved participation of Women canbe seen.

4 This report comes at a pivotal time in sport globally. A challenging time, inparticular with issues relating to corruption and doping high on the newsagenda, but also an opportune time as nations unite for the Rio Olympics andParalympic Games. However the controversy surrounding the participation ofathletes from various countries and sports in the Rio Games is a wake-up call for all leadersin sport and it supports the need for effective and transparent governance. Sport continues to play a crucial role in our global economy as well as in the health and well-being, self-empowerment and social inclusion of citizens worldwide; and in challenging gender stereotypes. When youinject female perspective into the sector, as with business, everything and everyone benefits.

5 Women s sport has come a long way in many countries, particularly team sports such as Cricket, Netball,Football and Rugby. It helps that female sporting teams have been performing so well, not least in the RioOlympics with our hockey Women s success there s also a growing appetite to broadcast and watch Women ssport. But sport brings with it many traditions and is sometimes an anchor to the past, which challengessports governing bodies to adapt to more inclusive and diverse ways of the UK, governance of publicly funded sport organisations is relatively strong. From a UK Sport perspectivewe are proud of the progress that has been made with 97% of the bodies we fund having female Boardrepresentation; and 69% with representation at over 25%.

6 But we are certainly not complacent and arecommitted to pushing the bar as high as we can. Transparency, leadership, financial sustainability, integrityand culture will all be key aspects to the new Governance Code for Sport which we, alongside Sport England,will publish later this year. The new Code will seek to ensure that independence of thought and diversity inleadership and decision-making is championed at all levels. All competitive sporting nations across the globe set medal targets for major events in order to ensure areturn on public investment via funding programs. We are certainly no exception and UK Sport set ambitioustargets and high level goals for the British teams heading into the Rio Games. We can now celebrate Rioas our best Olympic performance in over 100 years and the best performance of any nation, winning moremedals at the Games post hosting.

7 Add to that being second in the medal table above China and we arenow amongst the super powers of international sport. We also have great hopes that the Paralympics willbe better than London . To build on this success and to leverage the glory of Rio, we must continue tostrive for more gender -balanced Boards and diversity of thought in the governance of sport. In the sameway that UK business recognises the link between good governance and business results, the newGovernance Code for Sport will raise the bar to help deliver even greater sporting outcomes in the journey to excellence is only beginning. FOREWORD: LIZ NICHOLL, CEO UK SPORTG ender Balance in Global Sport Report 201634 gender Balance in Global Sport Report 2016 The 2016 gender Balance in Global Sport Report (the report) by Women on Boards is the first update tothe inaugural report published in June 2014.

8 This report was written in the lead up to the 2016 Rio OlympicGames to provide: 1. An updated publicly available dataset on the number of Women serving on sports Report on gender pay gaps in certain Case studies on sports that are successfully addressing the gender core data has been sourced from Olympic organisations with additional information provided on sportsbodies in Australia and the United Kingdom including: 129 of the 206 National Olympic Committees 27 Paralympic Committees for Olympic sports 28 International sports Federations 14 Paralympic International sports Federations 59 National Governing Bodies (NGBs) in the United Kingdom 57 National Sporting Organisations (NSOs) in AustraliaThe data has been sourced principally from the websites of the categories of organisations mentionedabove.

9 Where organisations are not included in the report we were unable to source the data and/ ortranslate information into English. In each instance the name of the organisation has been published alongside the gender composition of theindependent (non-executive) members of its governing body. The aim of this approach is to focus attentionon those countries or sports where gender balance requires case studies provided in the report have been chosen to support the key themes of how improvedorganisational governance can drive increases in the number of Women on sports Boards , the size of thegender pay gap in some sports and the progress that is being made. Case studies are largely based upondata sourced from the United Kingdom and Australia where Women on Boards has detailed knowledge offemale participation in sport.

10 Data has also been collected on earnings across global sports via publicly available data on websites. PREFACEG ender Balance in Global Sport Report 20165 Report Authors:Rachel Tranter, Executive Director Women on Boards UKRachel co-founded Women on Boards in the UK in 2012. Prior to her workwith Women on Boards , Rachel was a corporate tax specialist with PwCwhere she led the international tax restructuring of a number of UK PLCsand a US based global entertainment group. Rachel has been integral inthe growth and success of Women on Boards UK which at the time of writingthis report has a membership of over 17,000. Ruth Medd, Chair Women on Boards , AustraliaRuth co-founded Women on Boards in Australia in 2006 and is Executive is a director of the National Foundation for Australian Women , the formerChair of Australian Ethical Superannuation Ltd and a former Non-Executive-Director of an integrated family and children s services charity and the NSWC asino Control Authority.