On 14-15 November 2023 in Madrid, Spain, EGLSF co-president Sarah Townsend, as a member of the High Level Group on Gender Equality in Sport, attended the International Conference on Gender Equality in Sport hosted by the Spanish Presidency of the European Union.

The full two-day programme opened with a panel discussion looking at the general context of gender equality and sport in Europe, setting the tone for the two-day meeting with a call for "We want more": more funding, more opportunities, more visibility. The following panels and interviews provided an insight into the current situation of gender equality in sport in Europe.