How the Global Womxn Run Collective is empowering women who run. ❤️ 💪 RunnersAlliance
“I read her post and thought to myself, this is not just a New York issue; this is a global issue,” Desir says. “We are all struggling to be seen, to be given opportunities, to be supported.”
Still in its early stages, the GWRC is “a collection of women founders and leaders globally that are here to disrupt the status quo of a male-dominated running culture,” Roberson tellsMembers of the Global Womxn Run Collective at their first event in New York City.The GWRC aims to confront the absence of women leaders in the running community.
All told, she came across 60 groups around the world with women co-founders, and less than 15 of those were all-women founded, she says. “As I’m seeing more and more women runners, it’s like, well, where are the women leaders?” says Roberson. In the past year, Nguyen, 26, describes attending meetings with leaders of other running groups in Berlin to discuss how to come together as a community. But in those scenarios, she was the only woman among five or six men. On top of that, Nguyen says that she was the only person who even noticed the disparity. Being in that position felt disheartening, she says.
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