Posts Tagged ‘Women and Sports’
Olympic Level Change for Women in Sports: Announcing Sports Bra’s Jenny Nguyen at Power UP Conference
Issue 267 — July 29, 2024 Women make up 50% of the athletes at the Paris Olympics, an inflection point for women in sports. There’s change in the air for women’s leadership parity on many fronts, with sports on the leading edge of progress. Check out these numbers. Girls who play competitive sports disproportionately become top leaders…
Read MoreHow an Insult Led to Title IX Law Giving Girls Equal Education Access
I’m a day late recognizing the 38th anniversary of Title IX.
But it’s never too late to give a big shout out to Bernice Sandler, the woman responsible for initiating the law that for almost four decades now–long enough to see significant benefits to girls and the women they become–from removing barriers to access to equity in school sports and educational opportunities that used to be denied to females based solely on gender.
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