This thread hasn’t been posted on for a long time but I thought of this thread and how this Swim England policy centred men’s rights relative to people with other protected characteristics, including race and sex, because:
BBC article today on the under- representation of black girls and women in competitive swimming.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-49247624
‘The BBC sent a Freedom of Information request to Swim England asking how many competitive swimmers who are registered with them identify as black or mixed race. The national governing body responded saying just 668 out of 73,000.
It comes as Swim England has told the BBC it's seen a rise in the number of BAME people swimming recreationally over the past few years.’
‘A Swim England spokesperson said: "Swim England is working to understand the challenges and barriers to swimming and other aquatic activity through the project Barriers to Swimming."
It says the project aims to understand the barriers that communities have in making swimming and other aquatic activities a regular habit.’
Anyone seen anything about this current project for Swim England that is addressing the barriers to swimming or unmet needs to BAME women and girls? I can’t find anything about it on their website anywhere. 
www.swimming.org/~widgets/ASA_Research_Library/Black%20Minority%20Ethnic%20Swimming/ExBME8%20Sporting%20Equals%20BME%20Communities%20and%20Swimming%202012.pdf
^ This is a relevant report that a group called Sportingly Equals did from 2012. (Not done by Swim England.) it backs up what this thread has been saying in relation to single sex facilities (or lack of) btw.
‘13. Summary and Conclusions
The majority of BME people (85%) had participated in physical activity in the previous twelve months. Of these, three quarters (75%) had taken part in swimming. However, only 17% had been swimming in the previous four weeks. This suggests that there are a lot of lapsed swimmers that could be encouraged to take up swimming again. There is a lot of motivation to do so with 59% of respondents saying they would like to swim more often.
A third of respondents do not go swimming because they cannot swim and a further quarter of respondents are dissatisfied with swimming facilities in their local area.
Lack of time, expense, self concept of not being sporty or not having anyone to go with are major barriers to participating in swimming. Barriers more prevalent amongst BME people include the requirement for single sex facilities, facilities catering for cultural or religious needs and, in the case of Asians, allowing them to dress according to their cultural or religious requirements. Catering for these requirements would encourage more BME people to participate in swimming. As more BME people take part in swimming, this would, in itself have a significant impact on BME participation levels.
Three quarters of BME respondents say they are more likely to participate in physical activity if their family or friends participated also. Therefore any efforts promoting family and friends swimming together is likely to be an effective way of increasing participation.
The interest in pop-up-pools should be tapped into and promoted appropriately within target communities. It is important that ASA ensures that marketing of campaigns like the ‘Big Splash’ reach BME audiences through appropriate channels of communication and the use of ethnic media.’