In the space of two years, four women will have made Australian sporting history by stepping on to the field to officiate top tier men's games.
Despite soaring female participation in three of Australia's biggest sporting codes - soccer, cricket, and AFL - the number of female referees and umpires is mostly static or declining in the case of cricket. In the AFL, the code has tripled its female player representation since 2015. But the proportion of female umpires has only grown from 8.7 per cent to 9.8 per cent.
For the past five years, it has run the Women in League Officiating Program - a"whole-of-person development program" for female officials. "We certainly know that what we deliver to them has led us to grow in numbers and also retain at a higher rate than the national average," he told AAP.Louise Evans, the communications director for peak national advocacy body Women Sport Australia, says female referees and umpires will not become the norm until the major sports provide equal training and pay for officials of women's and men's matches, as well as career pathways for women to become top-level officials.
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