by admin | Jul 6, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
This WNBA season’s opening night viewership on ESPN platforms was up 103% over last year, but two-time MVP Candace Parker thinks the league needs to do a better job of avoiding conflict with other sports on TV. “I think just in terms of continuing to raise visibility...
by admin | Nov 28, 2022 | Representation, SEW
One after another, the industry created to empower young girls in soccer has sent a very different message to female coaches. For Karley Nelson, a former coach for elite club San Diego Surf, it started when her boss made demeaning sexual comments and touched her in...
by admin | Sep 15, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Shortly after leading South Carolina to its first-ever NCAA women’s basketball title and becoming the No. 1 pick in the 2018 WNBA draft, hometown star A’ja Wilson was honored with a statue outside of Colonial Life Arena. Now a two-time MVP with the Las Vegas...
by admin | Jul 22, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
This week, Vital Voices Global Partnership was proud to bring together three trailblazing leaders in professional sports at our newly opened global embassy for women to discuss the advantages and challenges of being a female in the front office at some of world’s...
by admin | May 16, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
On a drizzly April morning in Beaverton, Ore., history is being made at Nike HQ. For the first time, the women at the center of the company’s transformation are coming together for a joint interview and photo shoot. Read More
by admin | Oct 1, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
There were no histrionics. No spread of misinformation dressed up as high-minded debates about science. No shirking of an opportunity to do a public good. When it came to getting vaccinated against COVID-19, the WNBA did what it’s always done: Led. Back in June, the...
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