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Women and Sports
Gender Equity / Title IX
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
- Equity in School Athletics
- Title IX
Believes that expansion of athletic opportunities for girls and women must continue; believes the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) must receive adequate funding and strengthen its efforts to enforce Title IX.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Title IX and Intercollegiate Athletics
- Gender Equity in College Sports
News source for college and university faculty members and administrators.
"Heather Sue Mercer suit" - ESPN's Outside the Lines (October 15, 2000 Transcript)
Focuses on a landmark discrimination case regarding women playing college football.
National Association for Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS)
Organization for equity issues in sports. Champions equal funding, quality and respect for girls' and women's sports programs.
National Women's Law Center
Making sure that the playing field is level for female athletes.
Racial & Gender Report Card - Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society
Comprehensive research document that analyzes the hiring practices of women and people of color in the NBA, NFL, Major League Baseball, NHL, Major League Soccer, the Women's NBA, the NCAA and its member institutions.
University of Iowa - Gender Equity in Sports project
To serve as a resource for any individual investigating the state of affairs in interscholastic or intercollegiate sport.
U.S. Department of Education - Achieving Success Under Title IX
To allow all Americans -- men and women -- an equal opportunity to be their best.
Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA) - Equity Resource Center
To bring support and resources to the many exceptional efforts that are improving the education of girls and women in the United States.
Women's Sports Foundation
- Geena Takes Aim
- Gender Verification at Elite Sports Competitions: The Foundation Position
- Gender Verification No More?
- Appropriate Athletic Uniform Guidelines
- Schoolgirls: Classifications, Roles and Sports
- Urban Girls and Sports
- Gender Discrimination and the Olympic Games: The Foundation Position
- Gender Equity and the Black Female in Sport
To empower girls and young women to know their rights in sport and to teach them practical ways to deal with situations they face which may not be fair.
General Resources for Women and Sports
"By Invitation Only" - ESPN's Outside the Lines (March 10, 2002 Transcript)
Examines the growing debate in big time women's basketball stirred by the dwindling number of male head coaches who claim that they're being targeted for extinction.
Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) - Women and Girls in Sports
Dedicated to women's equality, reproductive health, and non-violence; believes that feminists - both women and men, girls and boys - are the majority, but this majority must be empowered.
FindLaw - Women and Sports
(1) Women's Sports Organizations and Resources (2) Articles and Publications About Women and Sports (3) Title IX Information and Resources (4) Title IX Cases.
Full Court Press: The Women's Basketball Journal
Giving readers insights into women's basketball and women's issues in sport.
"Heather Sue Mercer suit" - ESPN's Outside the Lines (October 15, 2000 Transcript)
Focuses on a landmark discrimination case regarding women playing college football.
MediaChannel - Sex, Race and Sports
Concerned with the political, cultural and social impacts of the media, large and small. Providing information and diverse perspectives and inspiring debate, collaboration, action and citizen engagement.
Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Program - Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society
Gender violence prevention and education program based at Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society enlisting high school, collegiate and professional athletes in the effort to prevent all forms of men's violence against women.
Oxygen Sports
Programs designed to entertain, inspire and educate with world-class sporting events, intriguing features and athlete profiles, historical perspectives, easy-to-follow how-to demonstrations, and explanations of the basic rules and regulations of our featured sports.
Project TEAMWORK - Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society
Diversity awareness and conflict resolution program composed of former professional and collegiate athletes working with middle and high school students to combat all forms of discrimination and teach practical conflict resolution skills.
Racial & Gender Report Card - Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society
Comprehensive research document that analyzes the hiring practices of women and people of color in the NBA, NFL, Major League Baseball, NHL, Major League Soccer, the Women's NBA, the NCAA and its member institutions.
Real Sports magazine
For fans and athletes involved in girl's and women's sports, to entertain and inform so individuals can become involved with the drama of competition involving female sports.
"Sex appeal: Crossing the line?" - ESPN's Outside the Lines (August 20, 2000 Transcript)
Considers today's female athletes and the issue of "sex appeal" in sports.
Sports Career Awareness and Placement (SportsCAP) - Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society
Designed to provide women, people of color, and people with disabilities with improved access to the sporting industry ranging from internships to high-level management, legal and medical positions.
We All Benefit from Women's Participation in Sports
by Richard E. Lapchick
"Women Coaching Men" - ESPN's Outside the Lines (October 14, 2001 Transcript)
Addresses the question of women coaching men.
Women in Sports
Dedicated to providing role models of women athletes that validate women's accomplishments and perpetuate a new vision of women's abilities, autonomy and self determination.
Women in Sports and Events (WISE)
Connects women in the business of sports and special events.
Women of Color in Sports: Double Jeopardy
by Richard E. Lapchick
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Women'Sports Wire
Resource for women's sports news and Information.
WWW Women's Sports Page
Index of women's and girl's sports pages to help increase the visibility of women in sport.
Women's Sports Associations
Association for Women in Sports Media
Organization of women who work in the sports media, and women and men who support them in seeking hurdles to roadblocks with a unified voice that ultimately will help women become more effective in their careers.
Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) - Women and Girls in Sports
Dedicated to women's equality, reproductive health, and non-violence; believes that feminists - both women and men, girls and boys - are the majority, but this majority must be empowered.
National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA)
Advocates increased athletic and administrative opportunities for women and promotes progressive and positive opportunities toward women in sport.
National Association for Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS)
Organization for equity issues in sports. Champions equal funding, quality and respect for girls' and women's sports programs.
Women In Sports Careers Foundation (WISC)
To provide women and girls professional guidance, education, and support to pursue and manage sports related careers.
Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA)
To promote women's basketball by unifying coaches at all levels to develop a reputable identity for the sport of women's basketball and to foster and promote the development of the game in all of its aspects as an amateur sport for women and girls.
Women's Sports Foundation
Dedicated to increasing the participation of girls and women in sports and fitness and creating an educated public that supports gender equity in sport.
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