The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has welcomed the Political Declaration adopted unanimously by the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) in New York, reaffirming the ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk delivered a speech on Wednesday urging UN member states to invest more effort in addressing the gender gap in sports and promoting the rights of women ...

In June 2024, a group of anti-trans feminists crisscrossed the U.S. with right-wing women activists to “take back” a civil rights law. “We are stalwart believers in the abolition of gender ideology, a ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Cheryl Cooky, a Purdue University associate professor of American studies, can talk about sexism and issues of gender equality in the Olympic Games, as well as related news ...

For decades, collegiate and professional sports have not been gender equitable — for men and female sports. The inequality between male and female sports remains a significant issue, despite progress ...

This profile is part of the Women's Health "Women In Sports" series, highlighting fierce female athletes who are advocating for gender equality in sports. When Abby Wambach co-captained the U.S.

WINNIPEG, Feb. 24, 2020 - The Winnipeg Jets and the Manitoba Moose will host their first Gender Equality games on March 6 and 7 as part of the NHL's "This is Hockey" initiative, which promotes ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's top sports federations have pledged to achieve gender equality in pay for athletes and administrators as part of a blueprint issued by a local advocacy group. The ...

Tokyo is the most gender-equal Olympics in the games' history, organizers said. At the first modern Olympic Games, held in 1896 in Athens, there wasn't a single female competitor. When the 2020 Games ...

This week, world leaders are gathering at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) for key decisions and policy making, including a high-level meeting focused on the 30 th anniversary of the Beijing ...

Williams: Tennis is a beacon of hope, but other sports "have a long way to go." US Venus Williams poses holding her trophy after beating her sister Serena during their final tennis match of the 2008 ...