Editing Women's paintball (section)

== Participation and development ==

Women participate across recreational, scenario, woodsball and competitive forms of paintball. Although dedicated women's divisions exist, women also compete in open and mixed-gender tournaments.

Women's teams and development programmes provide opportunities for players to gain competitive experience and participate in organised training.

Dedicated women's competitions are particularly significant in regions where the number of established female tournament players is comparatively small.

The organisers of the Asia Girls Paintball International Championship identified increasing female participation as one of the principal objectives of their competition.[10]

The establishment of the WNXL also created a dedicated professional pathway within the NXL tournament structure.

Major League Paintball has reported a 62 per cent increase in women's participation at its national tournaments since the establishment of the WNXL. This figure is reported by the league itself.[4]

Women's involvement in paintball extends beyond playing, including coaching, refereeing, tournament management, business ownership and event organisation.