We acknowledge the vision and initiatives of women for sport in girls’ schools in the past century. The great heritage they established inspires a continuing commitment to the promotion of sport for girls. We recognise that women and girls are not an homogenous group and with differing social, cultural, economic and physical backgrounds and circumstances they face a variety of barriers to full participation in sport, recreation and physical activity.
Therefore, looking to the next century, a group of Melbourne Independent Girls Schools have combined to develop a new organisation, GSV, whose guiding principles are:
- We will promote, recognise and celebrate sport for girls.
- We will champion the wellbeing benefits of participating in sport and its proven correlation in building confidence, academic success, leadership, and personal growth.
- We will evolve the competition experience to reflect the student voice and contemporary sport, research and community trends.
- We will ensure girls are playing competitive sport in safe places and contexts.
- We will rigorously uphold Child Safe Standards and sport integrity.
