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The University of Alberta Cuts Women's Field Hockey Without Warning
by Women in Sport International
posted March 5, 2012 at 11:17am

Tweet Jana G. Purden of the Edmonton Journal reports that the University of Alberta has cut its women's field hockey program. The decision was made without warning to team coaches or players. The University of Alberta coach Stefanie Sloboda commented ...more

Softball field issues in Butte, Montana
by Title IX Blog
posted March 4, 2012 at 5:25pm

In an attempt to remedy an "inadequate" softball field used the by high school girls' softball team in Butte, Montana, two of the team's former assistant coaches. This story caught my attention because it was confusing and curious in multiple ways. First...more

FIFA to vote on lifting hijab ban, Prince Ali says scarf poses no danger
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted March 4, 2012 at 8:21am

By Mary ORMSBYAustralian-Egyptian soccer player Assmaah Helal wears a Muslim head cover, or hijab, during a training session in Sydney. Elite footballer Assmaah Helal is a fanatic for the world game, but a controversial FIFA ban on Muslim women playing in...more

Roundup of Sexual Harassment Court Decisions
by Title IX Blog
posted March 1, 2012 at 1:28am

A federal district court in Massachusetts has refused to dismiss Title IX and other claims against Palmer Public Schools stemming from a male guidance counselor's sexual relationship with a female high school student. According to the court, plaintiff su...more

Standards of journalism and the Title IX blame game
by Title IX Blog
posted February 28, 2012 at 2:25pm

Ebuz and I often discuss the need for greater awareness of the intricacies of Title IX--or even just the basic facts--that are free from common misconceptions. We wish, for example, that Title IX training for athletic department administrators happened be...more

The feminist fable and soft essentialism
by Title IX Blog
posted February 27, 2012 at 10:53pm

The Title IX Blog is a huge fan of Dr. Michael Messner. Messner is the type of academic I certainly strive to emulate. His work is impressive and thought-provoking, practical and accessible. And in the June 2011 issue of the Sociology of Sport Journal Me...more

Research on attitudes toward girls' participation
by Title IX Blog
posted February 24, 2012 at 8:39pm

A recently published (June 2011) research note on  attitudes toward participation opportunities for girls in sports found that high school students are generally supportive of providing sport opportunities for girls. The research, done by Marni Brown...more

Castle Rock High School (Washington) School Board to Face Title IX Issues
by Title IX Blog
posted February 23, 2012 at 12:30am

After some delays, the concerns of parents of Castle Rock High School student-athletes in Washington will be addressed by the school board in the next week and a half.  As we have written about before, parents of girls on the soccer team asked for a...more

Article Proposes Scrutiny for Schools' Prong One Compliance by Contraction by
by Title IX Blog
posted February 18, 2012 at 1:13pm

In a new article in the DePaul Journal of Sports Law and Contemporary Problems, three authors propose that OCR should strictly scrutinize schools' decisions to comply with prong one by cutting men's teams. As the authors explain: The first prong of the...more

$1.35 Million Settlement Ends UC Davis Litigation
by Title IX Blog
posted February 18, 2012 at 11:05am

Last August we blogged about the district court decision in the U.C. Davis case, in which the court found that the university did not comply with Title IX's requirement of equitable opportunity under either prong of the three-prong test during the time th...more

On Site at the IOC Conference in LA for Women in Sport #womenandsport
by Pretty Tough
posted February 17, 2012 at 1:42am

Heading out the door shortly to attend  the opening of the fifth World Conference on Women and Sport which kicks off today in Los Angeles. Olympic Boulevard is the destination address for delegates and although I’ve lived in LA for a long time,...more

The quiet problem: Less attention, poor schedules for women’s play
by Fair Game News
posted February 16, 2012 at 8:47am

                      By Laura Pappano This is a year of Title IX anniversary celebrations – it became law in 1972 – but even as conferences are convened (I was part of a ter...more

Human Rights Group Calls on IOC/Saudi Arabia to End Ban on Women’s Sports
by Pretty Tough
posted February 16, 2012 at 8:45am

As the world prepares for the 2012 Olympics in London this summer and the 5th IOC World Conference on Women in Sport gets underway in Los Angeles, the Saudi government continues to discriminate against women. The country has never sent a female athlete to...more

As the Title IX celebrations continue . . .
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted February 15, 2012 at 6:02pm

Tweet A garden variety Title IX panel discussion at Wellesley College this week received the garden variety write-up from the Boston Globe. Meanwhile, five high school districts in Wisconsin are being investigated by the U.S. Department of Edu...more

Football in no clothing is not football
by The Rabbit Hole
posted February 13, 2012 at 8:51am

Photo from culturemob. It's a sideshow! I thought that I had written all I had wanted to write about the Lingerie Football League in my inaugural post, The Lingerie Football League - Are you freakin kidding me?, but now that a LFL team has popped up in m...more

Is the Death of the Male Only Golf Club Around the Corner?
by Women in Sport International
posted February 13, 2012 at 8:45am

Tweet The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Butler National Golf Club is considering opening up membership in the exclusive club to women. While the motivation for the move certainly makes sense in terms of equality, the move would likely take place du...more

High School Athletes Win Title IX Trial - judge rules school provides inferior facilities and resources to girls
by Title IX Blog
posted February 11, 2012 at 7:15pm

A group of female athletes in Chula Vista, California, won their class action lawsuit against Sweetwater Union School District, having convinced a federal judge at trial that the school violated Title IX by providing inferior facilities and resources to g...more

Dallas School District Takes Only Boys on Field Trip to the Movies
by Title IX Blog
posted February 10, 2012 at 1:10pm

As reported here, the Dallas Independent School District is getting flack for its decision to take 5000 students, only boys, to the movies to see the film "Red Tails." Due to the high cost of such an outing -- $57,000 to rent buses and purchase tickets -...more

What's happening at Yale?
by Title IX Blog
posted February 8, 2012 at 12:41am

The news over alleged and potential sexual assault and the sexual climate/culture at Yale does not seem to be dying down. We get notice of another article/editorial/blurb pretty much daily. We haven't done a great job covering the story,&nb...;more

Sign The Petition: Allow girls & women to play Football wearing the proper Headscarfs - Hijab
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 4, 2012 at 3:38pm

To Sign: http://www.change.org/petitions/allow-girls-women-to-play-football-wearing-headscarfs?utm_medium=email&utm_source=action_alert Why This Is Important: During youth Olympics Football Tournament in Singapore 2010, FIFA & the executi...more

Title IX Sexual Harassment Federal Court Decisions Handed Down
by Title IX Blog
posted February 4, 2012 at 2:01pm

Federal courts recently issued decisions in a couple of Title IX sexual harassment decisions.The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a lower court's decision to dismiss claims filed by a former student that the University of the Pacific failed ...more

When they banned soccer ...
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted February 2, 2012 at 1:04pm

Dick Kerr Ladies Vs St Helen's Ladies 1920 So just when you think you've heard it all when it comes to things men do to stop women playing sport, you hear another story. A ban on women's soccer anyone? I posted about the ban in Brazil a few months back,...more

Indiana Scheduling Practice Violates Title IX, Appellate Court Rules
by Title IX Blog
posted February 2, 2012 at 1:57am

Today the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a scheduling practice that reserves "prime time" Friday night scheduling for boys basketball games while relegating the girls' games mostly to the less preferential weeknights, violates Title IX. The ...more

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