As businesses consider ways to become more inclusive and increase their corporate social responsibility efforts, I want to suggest investing in efforts to get more girls and young women to participate in sports.
Girls and women have had more opportunities to participate in sports since the passage of Title IX in 1972, but more progress is needed. Even though two out of five girls participate in sports today (compared to one in 27 girls in 1972), boys continue to participate in sports substantially more than girls, particularly as they get older.