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Muslim, German, female – and a sports star
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted May 9, 2010 at 6:18pm
Germany, May 06: Fatmire Bajramaj is the carefree young face of women's football in Germany. A Muslim Kosovan, her eventful life story recalls the hit English film Bend it like Beckham, in which a girl footballer strikes out against ethnic prejudices a...more
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OCR and Kansas reach agreement over Title IX complaint
by Title IX Blog
posted May 7, 2010 at 6:02pm
According to news reports, the University of Kansas and the Office of Civil Right have agreed that KU will document its Title IX compliance, in resolution to a complaint that KU violates Title IX by discriminating against men in the distribution of athlet...more
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North Carolina High School cleared of Title IX charges
by Title IX Blog
posted May 3, 2010 at 9:05pm
After school officials at Cedar Ridge High School in Orange County, N.C., decided to terminate the highly successful volleyball coach, Laurie Calder-Green, and replace her with a less experienced male coach, parents there filed a complaint with OCR, claim...more
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Question the parentheses
by Title IX Blog
posted May 3, 2010 at 3:56pm
I, too, read the news that Orange County, North Carolina schools had been given a clean Title IX bill of health. This article from the Chapel Hill News goes so far as to say that any statistical disparities favored girls--but not the detriment of boys.Not...more
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Congratulations Nancy Hogshead-Makar!
by Title IX Blog
posted April 26, 2010 at 12:04pm
Go to Nancy Hogshead-Makar who was named Senior Director for Advocacy for the Women's Sports Foundation. Professor Hogshead-Makar is a former WSF president and currently one of the busiest Title IX/gender equity advocates we know!We are very happy to have...more
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NCAA Gender Equity Issues Forum: Part I
by Title IX Blog
posted April 26, 2010 at 11:34am
Greetings from Oak Grove, Illinois, where the NCAA is holding its annual Gender Equity Issues Forum. Tomorrow, I will co-present with Barbara Osborne of UNC about institutional liability for athlete abuse, sexual and nonsexual. But today I had the pleas...more
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In the news: Title IX
by Athletic Women Blog
posted April 23, 2010 at 5:38pm
By giving young women many more opportunities to compete in athletics Title IX made possible the awe-inspiring female athletes we see today. I am singularly grateful for that. Never far from it, Title IX was again in the news this week when the Obama ad...more
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Texas volleyball player's case closed
by Title IX Blog
posted April 23, 2010 at 9:54am
High school volleyball player Mackenzie McCollum's complaint against her Texas school district has been dismissed. The Office of Civil Rights did not find sufficient evidence to suggest that the Fort Worth school disctrict employees violated Title IX when...more
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Thoughts on Women, Aging and Physical Activity
by One Sport Voice
posted April 22, 2010 at 5:37pm
This week The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport put on its Distinguished Lecture Series featuring author and speaker Mariah Burton Nelson (MBN). As the Associate Director of The Tucker Center, I get first hand exposure to the topic and ...more
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Ninth Circuit Revises UC Davis Decision
by Title IX Blog
posted April 22, 2010 at 9:45am
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a revision to its decision, issued in February, that reinstated female wrestlers' case against the University of California at Davis. The revision does not change the outcome or the court's analysis of t...more
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Major news from Title IX Land
by After Atalanta
posted April 21, 2010 at 6:54pm
So Joe Biden got up in front of some Girl Scouts and US Women's National Hockey team members yesterday--in addition to the usual crowd of reporters and assorted others--and announced that the Obama administration would be rescinding the 2005 "clarificatio...more
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Why Title IX matters
by Byline to Finish Line
posted April 21, 2010 at 9:53am
Monday was Patriots Day in New England, or more specifically for those in the running world Boston Marathon Day.
And here’s a stat you probably didn’t think about — 42 percent of the more than 26,000 runners who registered for the Boston Marathon w...more
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The round-up on the re-clarification
by Title IX Blog
posted April 21, 2010 at 9:53am
I have to say I was a little surprised by all attention yesterday's announcement that the Obama administration would be repealing the 2005 policy interpretation allowing schools to rely solely on email surveys to show compliance with prong three received....more
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Stay tuned for a re-clarification
by Title IX Blog
posted April 20, 2010 at 7:10pm
As Erin mentioned yesterday, the Department of Education is planning an announcement regarding compliance with prong three. Today Vice-President Biden will be the bearer of the news that the 2005 Office of Civil Rights "clarification" of the interests and...more
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Government, Lawyers Targeting Title IX Violations
by Title IX Blog
posted April 19, 2010 at 12:33pm
A reporter at the Chronicle of High Education interviewed OCR Chief Rossalyn Ali about OCR's enforcement plans for Title IX. Ali says that the agency is stepping up enforcement of Title IX in the next several months. It remains to be seen what this mean...more
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UC Davis announces cuts
by Title IX Blog
posted April 17, 2010 at 1:56pm
As expected, UC Davis will be cutting four sports due to the extreme budget shortfalls being experienced by California schools. Women's rowing, men's wrestling, men's track and field, and men's swimming and diving will not be on the slate of varsity sport...more
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Battle of the Sexes Puma Mile LIVE Friday at 7:45pm PT
by anngaff
posted April 16, 2010 at 8:04pm
The 2009 Puma Mile was for men only and winner David Torrance got a $3,000 one-year contract with Puma. There was no women's race.
This year, the Puma Mile page on Flotrack stated that the winner would receive a $10,000 contract. I scanned the rules and ...more
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Hijab ban pushes women to the sidelines
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted April 14, 2010 at 10:10am
Sport is linked with education, employment and empowerment. So it’s deplorable that FIFA has banned the Iran girls’ football team from the Youth Olympics, says Katherine Azmeh.
In a mind-boggling announcement, the girls’ football team of Iran has...more
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Iran protests hijab ban for soccer team
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted April 14, 2010 at 10:09am
ZURICH, Switzerland, April 6 (UPI) -- Iran has asked the international bodies governing soccer and the Olympics to end a ban on the wearing of Islamic headscarves by female players.
The Federation Internationale de Football Association, based in Zurich, ...more
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Pittsburgh audit complete
by Title IX Blog
posted April 12, 2010 at 5:24pm
In early December of 2008 we wrote about the forthcoming Title IX audit of nine Pittsburgh area high schools. The findings of that audit, which was spurred by the Women's Law Center's initial research into gender equity in the public schools, were release...more
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Hijab ban belongs in the sin bin
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted April 9, 2010 at 6:14pm
When soccer's world governing body FIFA banned Muslim headscarves from competition, a shudder went through Sydney's all-female football team, the Lakembaroos.
The hijab ban has already this week forced the Iran girls' soccer squad out of the first summ...more
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