Women In Sport Week 2026

Women in Sport (WIS) week 2026 is taking place from March 2nd to March 8th, with International Women’s Day on March 8th encapsulating the week.

First held in March 2021 and repeated every March since, WIS Week is a significant and successful week of celebration, promotion, and visibility of women’s sport and women in sport. The theme for this year is “Same Energy”. Despite progress, Women’s sport is still treated with less anticipation, less hype, and less cultural importance than men’s sport. People don’t decide on what matters based on ability, they decide based on how something is framed and so we need to frame women’s sport with energy. Same Energy challenges audiences to consider whether women’s sport is receiving the same anticipation, visibility and cultural importance as men’s sport.

The aim of Women in Sport Week is to

• Celebrate every woman and girl who plays, coaches, officiates, volunteers, works in, and leads on Women in Sport
• Promote and highlight the ongoing work of Sport Ireland, NGBs, LSPs, and other stakeholders and clubs on Women in Sport
• Highlight some of the programmes/initiatives funded by Sport Ireland Women in Sport Programme

This year’s themes for Women in Sport Week are as follows:

• Monday March 2nd – Officiating  
• Tuesday March 3rd – Leadership & Governance  
• Wednesday March 4th – Visibility 
• Thursday 5th – Coaching 
• Friday 6th  – Active Participation 
• Saturday 7th  – Community
• Sunday 8th – International Women’s Day