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A brief guide to the Gender Equality Duty and its implications for sport: The line of duty Hot on the heels of the Race and Disability Duties, the Gender Equality Duty (GED) has finally arrived. The much anticipated legislation finally became law on April 6th 2007.

Research into women and swimming, 2005-2006 To gain a deeper understanding of the many issues surrounding women’s participation in swimming, WSF and the Amateur Swimming Association commissioned HNI International to conduct research into women’s attitudes to swimming and the barriers that they face.  The key questions addressed were: why some women swim, why other women do not swim and what interventionist ideas might make them swim.  The research, focused on women between the ages of 25 and 34 years. Swimming has a particular reference to this age group as women’s involvement with the activity can take the form of either swimming for their own volition or as a mother with young children. The opinions expressed in focus groups around the country were comprised of a mix of women who both do and do not swim.