2 5 % ▁are ▁held ▁by ▁women . ▁With ▁roughly ▁the ▁same ▁number ▁of ▁participants ▁in ▁sport , ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁real istic ▁goal ▁to ▁have ▁closer ▁to ▁ 5 0 % ▁representation ▁of ▁women ▁in ▁these ▁leadership ▁roles ". ▁ ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁women ' s ▁sport ▁specific ▁organis ations ▁Qu ar rell ' s ▁work ▁helped ▁to ▁establish ▁in ▁South ▁Australia ▁were ▁dis band ed ▁as ▁sports ▁chose ▁to ▁merge ▁men ▁and ▁women ' s ▁sports ▁association ▁and ▁it ▁can ▁be ▁argued ▁that ▁this ▁change ▁has ▁been ▁at ▁the ▁det r iment ▁of ▁the ▁profile ▁and ▁opportun ities ▁for ▁women ▁in ▁sport . ▁ ▁A ▁movement ▁begun ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁by ▁high - profile ▁South ▁Australian ▁sport sw oman ▁Jen ny ▁Williams ▁see ks ▁to ▁use ▁digital ▁media ▁technology ▁to ▁reign ite ▁the ▁debate ▁and ▁the ▁raise ▁the ▁profile ▁of ▁women ' s ▁sports ▁past ▁and ▁present ▁in ▁South ▁Australia . ▁Car ry ing ▁on ▁in ▁the ▁spirit ▁of ▁Lo is ▁Qu ar rell ▁and ▁the ▁fine ▁work ▁during ▁the ▁' 8 0 s ▁and ▁' 9 0 s ▁of ▁female ▁sports ▁journal ists ▁such ▁as ▁Marg ▁R al ston ▁and ▁T anya ▁Lewis , ▁the ▁South ▁Australian ▁Women ' s ▁Sports ▁Network ▁provides ▁access ▁to ▁news , ▁history , ▁sports ▁reports ▁and ▁achiev ements ▁of ▁South ▁Australian ▁sport sw omen ▁not ▁widely ▁recogn ised ▁in ▁main stream ▁traditional ▁media . ▁The ▁Ad vert iser ▁journalist ▁Ben ▁Hook ▁acknowled ged ▁this ▁work ▁by ▁prom oting ▁the ▁site