While participation of women in esports is booming across the globe, equitable and safe spaces to compete are lacking. Almost half of gamers worldwide identify as female, and yet, within the professional esports sphere, women make up just a fraction of online teams. In research shared exclusively with the BBC last year, the top 300 esports earners were entirely male-dominated. Just a tiny amount of the millions in prize money worldwide is being won by women. By expanding its HER Galaxy esports platform into North America, gaming and esports giant, Galaxy Racer, wants to redress that balance. E…