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30%
30% -- relative abuse targeting rate for Women rugby players (2025)
World Rugby found that women rugby players are 30% more likely than men to be targeted by online abuse.
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30%
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2025
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30
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World Rugby
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https://www.aretolabs.com/media/esg-digital-safety ↗
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Women rugby players: 30% relative abuse targeting rate. Source: World Rugby (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/women-athletes-abuse-targeting-rugby
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/women-athletes-abuse-targeting-rugby" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>30%</strong> -- relative abuse targeting rate for Women rugby players<br><small>Source: World Rugby (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/women-athletes-abuse-targeting-rugby" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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