by admin | May 3, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Nearly three years ago, in New Jersey, late in a National Women’s Soccer League game between Sky Blue F.C. and the Chicago Red Stars, the Red Stars’ striker Sam Kerr flew past the defense, gathered the ball, and unleashed a shot into the low left corner of the...
by admin | Apr 14, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
A federal judge on Monday approved a partial settlement in the long-running dispute over equal pay between U.S. Soccer and its World Cup-winning women’s national team, but the players’ fight with the federation is far from over. Read More
by admin | Apr 13, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
A federal judge approved a partial deal between players on the women’s national team and the U.S. Soccer Federation over unequal working conditions. U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner approved the Dec. 1 settlement during a hearing Monday. The deal calls for charter...
by admin | Apr 8, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Megan Rapinoe just schooled Draymond Green. The U.S. women’s soccer star, an outspoken advocate for equality, slammed Green on Wednesday for his comments last week that blamed female athletes for the inequities that persist in women’s sports. Rather than making the...
by admin | Apr 6, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Throughout my childhood, playing tennis with my sister Serena in our hometown of Compton, California, I always dreamed of winning tournaments like Wimbledon. Then, when I finally got there, I was struck by the inequality. When I won Wimbledon for the first time in...
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
Financial details revealed publicly for the first time show that the N.C.A.A.’s budget for the men’s tournament was nearly double that of the women’s tournament in 2019. Read More
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Never again let someone from the NCAA call women’s basketball or any other sport a “cost.” Connecticut’s Paige Bueckers is not a cost. She is the entire damn point. The real cost, the real burden in this iniquitous, contemptible system is the legion of skimmers and...
by admin | Apr 2, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
During a meeting of women’s basketball coaches with NCAA President Mark Emmert on Wednesday, Georgia Tech Coach Nell Fortner issued a plea. Instead of treating her sport like a cost to minimize, the NCAA should see it the way so many others increasingly do: as an...
by admin | Apr 2, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
The Rose Ladies Series has announced an expanded 2021 schedule, with 11 one-day events taking place across the UK over the coming months. Justin Rose and his wife, Kate, put their name and money towards a set of women’s events last year to give playing...
by admin | Mar 29, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
As a loaded Saturday Sweet 16 slate tipped off with a heavyweight women’s matchup between UConn and Iowa, Draymond Green weighed in on the equal opportunity conversation that’s dominated March. The Golden State Warriors forward posted a lengthy...
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