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It’s a fact that young women are doing less physical activity than young men of the same age. There is a 17% gap at age 16 and a 28% gap at age 17. But how do we change things?
#itsmymove asks adults to rethink their existing perceptions of sport and recreation and explores all the ways to build physical activity into your lives. The campaign is based on research and explores a range of themes:
Listen to podcasts, try workouts and hear stories that encourage you to move your way.
Go to #itsmymoveJess Quinn is an outspoken advocate for moving our bodies regardless of our abilities. Prior to losing her leg to cancer when she was 8 years old, she played “every sport under the sun” but going through her teen years, she struggled with accepting her body and the way it now moved. Jess now aims to help others through their journey to acceptance.
Young leader Arizona Leger is using her voice to support gender equality in sport and recreation. A 2021 Young New Zealander of the Year nominee, she descends from Te Rarawa and Whakatōhea, and is an emerging director on the Counties Manukau Rugby Union board. As a young woman she experienced challenges and barriers to being active and is now speaking out in the hope her experiences will help empower other young women in this space.
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