by admin | Dec 9, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Amid lingering international concern over the safety of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on Wednesday defended the organization’s handling of her situation and dismissed suggestions that the IOC should take more...
by admin | Dec 3, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Human rights activist Peter Dahlin says the International Olympic Committee’s calls with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai are putting her at “greater risk” and that they are “obviously staged.” One of China’s most recognizable sports...
by admin | Dec 3, 2021 | #MeToo, Leadership, SEW
The Women’s Tennis Association has won many plaudits in recent days for its bold stance on Peng Shuai, the prominent Chinese tennis player who disappeared from public sight last month after accusing a powerful retired politician of sexual assault. The organization’s...
by admin | Dec 2, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Now the rest of the world needs to kick China off the sports circuit, too. The decision by the Women’s Tennis Association to forgo playing tournaments for the benefit of the Party-State is a prescient and powerful move that ought to trigger a broader moral blockade....
by admin | Nov 30, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Every now and then, China’s Communist insiders, in their frantic attempts to shield themselves against international criticism, inadvertently let slip what truly scares them. So it was recently in the tragic case of Peng Shuai, the Chinese tennis star who disappeared...
by admin | Nov 28, 2021 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week our highlight goes to the WTA who’s stance on the disappearance and treatment of tennis star Peng Shuai makes it a leader for human rights. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to US Soccer who failed to take action against...
by admin | Nov 24, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has become the world’s “most effective” human rights organization over its leadership on the Peng Shuai case and willingness to lose money to stand by its principles, said Kelley Eckels Currie, former U.S....
by admin | Nov 22, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Almost as abruptly as she had vanished, Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai reappeared in public view over the weekend. Since Friday evening, a steady stream of photos and videos purporting to show a smiling Peng going about her life in Beijing have surfaced on Twitter...
by admin | Nov 21, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Chinese tennis pro Peng Shuai took part in a video meeting with International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach on Sunday, amid a global uproar following a Nov. 2 post on her social-media account accusing one of the Communist Party’s most senior retired leaders...
by admin | Nov 21, 2021 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week our highlight goes to Fallon Sherrock, the first woman to reach last eight of the Grand Slam of Darts. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to China censoring all discussion on tennis star Peng Shuai whereabouts.
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