All you need to know about the 30 women on the Woman's Hour Power List 2023
Fiona’s highly respected journalism shines a light on women’s sport with particular focus on the data gap in women’s health and how it relates to elite sport.
Recent videos have seen Jodie explain ‘hearing fatigue’ - when you get tired after having to concentrate hard on lip reading - as well as the moment where she had to stop playing mid-game when her cochlear implant stopped working. Gail is a former Northern Ireland international and she holds a Uefa Pro licence. Speaking as she received her MBE in the New Years Honours she said: “Obviously my time has been and gone as a player, but I just feel I am in the perfect position with the role I hold within the IFA to push football forward. I think my skillset is bringing people together, with ideas and what will work, to create that common goal.
Emma is a PGA golf professional at Winchester Golf Academy and in 2018 after attending an event where TaylorMade previewed their latest range without any women golfers she tweeted, “Why would I want to stock and sell a golf brand that doesn't think #womengolfers are worth featuring...”. Subsequently, the Managing Director of TaylorMade met with Emma and agreed to work together to address the problem.
Manisha believes British South Asian voices in football need to be amplified to ensure that the next generation can see what is possible. She has written a children’s book called Dream Like Me: South Asian Football Trailblazers.Rimla is a Non-Executive Director of the Rugby Football League and chairs the RFL’s Inclusion Board. She co-founded the global Muslim Women in Sport Network and became the first Muslim and Asian woman to sit on the FA Council.
The person who suggested Fadumo described her as a “broadcaster committed to amplifying the stories of women from diverse backgrounds in sport.”Tammy is the co-founder and CEO of the Women’s Sport Trust which aims to influence"real change for women’s sport". Jo is vocal in her push for parity of the profile and pay for women in sport - both on the pitch and in the media. She acts as an intermediary with clubs on players’ contracts; works to secure commercial and sponsorship opportunities for players; and seeks to place pundits, presenters and commentators across all networks.
She says she also originally struggled to come to terms with her sexuality. Lauren has said that growing up, she never had any role models who were disabled or gay – as a consequence she has made it her mission to be that role model for others.Maggie is the CEO of Lewes Football Club - the only club in the world to have equal pay budgets for women and men.
Four years later, she began delivering tennis sessions in a number of faith-based schools, churches, and mosques through the LTA SERVES programme. Alex was the first female pundit on the BBC's World Cup coverage and on Sky’s Super Sunday, before becoming the first full-time female host of the BBC’s Football Focus. Her voice has even featured in the video game FIFA 22.
Laura was Chair of Sport Wales between 2010-16 and a Board Member for UK Sport from 2003-6 and from 2010-16. Laura is also a Professor of Public Policy and Governance at Cardiff University where her work focuses on Welsh politics and gender in politics. Her award-winning podcast, The Game Changers, features many high-profile, trailblazing women in sport.
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