Sport and Gender Equality (with Tracy Edwards & the Maiden Factor)
Tracy Edwards MBE skippered the first all-female crew to sail around the world when she and her team raced Maiden in the 1989/90 Whitbread Round the World Race. Despite overwhelming odds and negativity, they won two legs and came second overall. Tracy was awarded and MBE and became the first women to win the Yachtsman of the Year Award in its 34 year history. She then went on to skipper the first all-female non stop around the world record attempt and managed Maiden II the first ever fully mixed-sex professional racing team. Tracy founded The Maiden Factor in the process of rescuing of her beloved yacht Maiden. In 2016 she decided she wanted to do more than just restore Maiden, she also wanted to make sure she was used for something special. For Tracy, the drive to get girls who are currently denied the basic right of an education into school, is particularly poignant as she was expelled from school at 15. She now knows what she gave away. Maiden is a Global Ambassador for the Empowerment of Girls through Education 1. Maiden inspires women and girls all over the world 2. Maiden raises funds for girls’ educational programmes around the world 3. Maiden shows, by example, what girls can achieve if they embrace STEM subjects News articles: https://thecgf.com/news/honouring-power-sport-indigenous-reconciliation -- Please subscribe to the Sports for Social Impact Podcast wherever you get your podcast! Leave us a review and a 5 star rating to help bring others in the sport industry into the conversation! Send us an email at sportsforsocialimpact@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/SportsSocImpact Visit our website at https://www.sportsforsocialimpact.com/