Our Programs

NAGWS has served girls and women in sport for more than a century!  During that time, a variety of programs have been initiated to prepare teachers and coaches to work with female students and to challenge individuals and institutions to look at how they do business each day.

Title IX/gender equity issues have been a long-time focus of NAGWS programs through programs like Backyards and Beyond or National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD). 

Preparing young female student-athletes for future choices through the Your Next Steps program, or inspiring storytelling initiatives focused on women in sport through Generations of Title IX, or hosting workshops on training female athletes…these are the programming efforts NAGWS leads.

NAGWS advocates, educates, researches, honors, publishes and much, much more.  If you are interested in the issues and challenges facing girls and women in sport today or in the future, you can find a good professional home in NAGWS.

  • Host a Backyards Gathering in your community or school 
  • Invite an NAGWS leader to your National Girls and Women in Sports Day event 
  • Contribute or subscribe to Women's Sport and Physical Activity Journal (WSPAJ) 
  • Find your voice as an advocate for gender equity

NAGWS' mission is to develop and deliver equitable and quality sport opportunities for all girls and women.  If our mission speaks to you, please join us today.

Fantabulous Firsts

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The Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) was the world's first women's soccer league in which all players were paid professionals.

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