Activism
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In this episode of the Telegraph Women's Sport podcast, we're talking about activism. Sam Quek is joined by three women who have certainly made their voices heard.  Alice Dearing is the first black female swimmer to represent Great Britain at the Olympics and has used her platform to both highlight the lack of diversity in swimming, and aim to increase it. Ali Donnelly founded scrumqueens.com - the leading women’s rugby website - and she has continually shined a spotlight on issues in the women’s game and helped to bring about change. Earlier this year she became CEO of More Than Equal, which aims to find and develop the first female Formula One world champion. In 2021 Stef Evans' #icare hashtag went viral as she inspired social media users to show their backing for women’s rugby. She also founded a rugby clothing range, called Ruggette RFC, which is defying traditional rugby clothing norms to provide women’s fit kit…  For more Women's Sport news from the Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/womens-sport/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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