Programmes That Create Real Change

We use sport as a powerful, proven vehicle for social transformation. Through structured sport programmes, we create safe spaces where women and girls develop confidence, leadership skills, and community belonging — while challenging the social norms that hold them back.

WSDT is committed to ensuring that persons with disabilities are fully included in all sport programmes and leadership opportunities. We work to remove physical, social, and attitudinal barriers so that every woman and girl — regardless of ability — can participate, lead, and thrive.

We invest in people. Through structured mentorship, workshops, and skills training tailored specifically to women and girls, WSDT builds the individual capacity needed for lasting change. Our training programmes cover leadership, life skills, and sport administration.

Safety is non-negotiable. WSDT promotes safeguarding across all its programmes and partnerships, creating environments where women, girls, and persons with disabilities can participate free from harm, abuse, or discrimination.

WSDT acts as a convenor — bringing stakeholders together across sectors and levels to advocate for the rights and aspirations of women and girls in sport. We facilitate collective action that creates systemic, sustainable change.

Our work is grounded in evidence. WSDT integrates research and learning into its programmes, ensuring that approaches are continuously refined, scaled where they work, and shared across the sector to multiply impact.