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Columnist Criticizes Sex Discrimination in State Championship Site
by Title IX Blog
posted July 3, 2011 at 12:24pm

I'm glad to see sports columnist Steve Hanlon calling the Indiana High School Athletic Association on the apparent sex discrimination in its chosen locations for the girls' and boys' state basketball championships. Criticizing a recent IHSAA memo siting ...more

IWF changes rules to accommodate Muslim clothing beliefs
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted July 3, 2011 at 10:35am

Weightlifter Kulsoom Abdullah scored a victory for women and her faith today, with a decision by the IWF to allow Muslim women to wear more modest attire during U.S. competition.Kulsoom Abdullah, a 35-year old female weightlifter, challenged the uniform r...more

Settlement Follows OCR Investigation of Anti-Gay Bullying and Suicide
by Title IX Blog
posted July 2, 2011 at 10:01am

In January, we blogged that the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights had undertaken an unprecedented investigation by agreeing to look into charges that a school district failed to protect a middle-school student from anti-gay bullying that r...more

Before they had Fans (And Twitter and Facebook…)
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted July 1, 2011 at 3:17am

Sorry C and R haven’t written a blog for a while. We stuck our head in Twitter and didn’t emerge for a breath for three days. Heard it was Social Media Day today so we decided to use all our avenues of communication. Ahh, we see the sun is shining (...more

USOC CEO Scott Blackmun: “No athlete should be forced to choose between faith and sport"
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted June 30, 2011 at 10:37am

By Narayan LakshmanKulsoom Abdullah (35) can deadlift 111 kg and snatch over 47.5 kg without breaking sweat. But the Atlanta-based weightlifter, also a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering, is struggling with a weightier issue — clothing.While M...more

Quebec teen told she can't referee soccer with hijab on
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted June 30, 2011 at 10:32am

The Canadian PressMONTREAL — A Quebec teen who has been told she can no longer referee soccer while wearing her hijab says she's going to fight the red card.Sarah Benkirane, 15, said her Montreal-area soccer association informed her she could no longer...more

Less equal than others
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted June 30, 2011 at 10:27am

By Namita BhandareIn the photograph they are just numbers: 3, 14, 7. But their headscarves, covered necks and full-sleeved shirts do not mask their cheekiness. The one with #3 on her jersey has her chin up and eyebrows raised. The goofball is clearly #14,...more

100 Oregon high schools cited for TItle IX violations
by Title IX Blog
posted June 29, 2011 at 12:03pm

Sixty school districts in Oregon were named in a recent complaint filed with the Office of Civil Rights. Over 100 high schools have been cited as not providing an equitable number of sport opportunities for girls.This is a huge complaint--in both senses o...more

The second tale: Gender identity in intercollegiate athletics
by After Atalanta
posted June 28, 2011 at 5:41pm

I have been somewhat lax in my posting recently, and I know I promised three tales of gender identity and discrimination a while back. My first tale was related to the Women's World Cup and the accusations against Equatorial Guinea based on--apparently--t...more

Football Exempt from School District's Decision to Cut Freshman Teams
by Title IX Blog
posted June 28, 2011 at 12:25am

I'm not sure how this can NOT be a Title IX violation: the Ann Arbor school district is cutting all freshman teams at its three high schools except football. In all other sports, freshman will be able to try out for existing junior varsity and varsity t...more

Update on discrimination lawsuit filed by lesbian golf coach
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted June 27, 2011 at 3:34pm

Last December I blogged about a situation brewing at the University of Minnesota in which a lesbian, Katie Brenny, hired to coach the women’s golf team filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against the university and the director of golf, John Harris. Bre...more

Women’s Sports Without Illusions: Final Thoughts
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted June 25, 2011 at 7:32pm

I do promise to make this brief, because I’ve already unpacked a lot over these last two weeks about women’s sports, and more precisely, the movement behind them for the last four decades. All the links in the “Women’s Sports Without Illusions”...more

What to do When the Rules of the Game and Human Rights Laws Clash: Will We See A Test Case in Canada?
by Women in Sport International
posted June 25, 2011 at 6:26pm

FIFA has been running full speed into a legal nightmare since it decided in March of 2007 to ban religious items from team kit. In a decision of the International F.A. Board FIFA decided that "The basic compulsory equipment must not have any political, ...more

The racquet that endures and inspires
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted June 25, 2011 at 2:13pm

This is the final post in a series entitled “Women’s Sports Without Illusions” that critically examines the nearly four decades of the women’s sports movement, including Title IX, cultural and social developments, the growth of professional and i...more

Pregnant Women Bans in Sport: Is This Discrimination and Why Does it Keep Happening?
by Women in Sport International
posted June 24, 2011 at 9:44am

The all time most popular blog post on this blog is, over a month after it was written, my op ed piece entitled "Slo-pitch National Bans Pregnant Women." This is a little bit surprising since the story was not breaking news (they have been banning pregna...more

Happy Birthday Title IX!
by Stephanie Perleberg: Believe and Run On!
posted June 24, 2011 at 12:23am

I love birthdays! Today we get to celebrate a bill that did so much for women in sports. Despite the many people who oppose this bill in today’s world, I would like to say thank you to those who fought for this bill. You fought for your generation and t...more

Happy Birthday Title IX, You Don't Look a Day Over 39.
by Title IX Blog
posted June 24, 2011 at 12:15am

39 years ago today Congress passed Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Readers well know, there's been lots of progress towards equality in those 39 years and plenty yet to come. The Department of Education commemorated this anniversary by conv...more

Recapturing the intent and true spirit of Title IX
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted June 23, 2011 at 3:42pm

This is the ninth in a series entitled “Women’s Sports Without Illusions” that critically examines the nearly four decades of the women’s sports movement, including Title IX, cultural and social developments, the growth of professional and intern...more

Do girls and women really need sports?
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted June 23, 2011 at 9:41am

This is the eighth in a series entitled “Women’s Sports Without Illusions” that critically examines the nearly four decades of the women’s sports movement, including Title IX, cultural and social developments, the growth of professional and inter...more

Title IX opened up opportunity for girls in the 70's, got them moving and interested
by Women Skiing and Sports
posted June 23, 2011 at 9:34am

With the 39th anniversary of Title IX coming up in June, I am remembering a program that I and another mom began for our daughters in grade school back in the mid-70s. Title IX, you may recall, was the amendment to the 1972 Civil Rights Law that prohibi...more

Title IX - After 39 Years, a Broader Reflection
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted June 23, 2011 at 2:24am

Author: Lisa Nash Although famous for its significant and positive impact on the expansion of opportunities for girls and women in sport, Title IX is about far more than athletics. At its core, Title IX is a piece of legislation t...more

AWSMNow: The Rainbow Ceiling, a conversation about homosexuality in sports
by mhueter
posted June 22, 2011 at 11:10am

Thanks for the Association for Women in Sports Media for sending this along. In commemoration of Pride month, the Association for Women in Sports Media is proud to present “The Rainbow Ceiling, a conversation about homosexuality in sports” as...more

The female athlete discrepancy
by Fast at Forty
posted June 22, 2011 at 10:22am

Last week Sports Illustrated published a list of the 50 highest paid athletes. Take a look at it. Do you notice anything unusual? Look again. There are no women on that list. None. Despite the ever increasing number of female sports stars as household nam...more

More ideas for reworking Title IX
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted June 22, 2011 at 10:08am

This is the seventh in a series entitled “Women’s Sports Without Illusions” that critically examines the nearly four decades of the women’s sports movement, including Title IX, cultural and social developments, the growth of professional and inte...more

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