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them the first to reach gender equality. Progress
does not stop there. With an expected global audience of 3 billion, this year’s Games have been deliberately scheduled to make
possible more balanced coverage of all events, putting all athletes in the spotlight. They will also feature more women’s and
mixed events, offering more opportunities for women to win medals. A recent survey found that 80 per cent of female Fortune
500 CEOs played sports in their formative years, emphasizing the impact of early exposure to sport on the development of young
women. A 2023 Deloitte report also revealed that 85 per cent of surveyed women who played sports as children believed the skills
they developed were crucial to their professional success. This rises to 91 per cent for women in leadership roles, and 93 per cent for
those earning USD 100,000 or more. Additionally, 92 per cent of global audiences agree it is important for girls to play sports, with
61 per cent considering them “very important”.
Despite the positive data, girls drop out of sports by age 14 at twice the rate of boys due to social expectations and lack of
investment in quality programs which is worsened by other factors. For example, 21 per cent of female professional athletes have
experienced sexual abuse at least once as children in sport, compared with 11 per cent of male athletes. Efforts to track and respond
to such cases are increasing worldwide, but gaps in the magnitude and prevalence of violence in sports persist, being prevention
efforts are often lacking.
✂️ a) Oral discourse marker act as fillers. ✂️ b) They construct anaphoric references. ✂️ c) Cataphoric resources were employed. ✂️ d) Lexical switching promotes ambiguity.