by admin | Apr 24, 2024 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Ashley Moyer-Gleich will become only the second woman to referee an NBA playoff game after being selected as one of 36 first-round officials, the league announced on Thursday. It has been over a decade since a woman last officiated a playoff game. Violet Palmer became...
by admin | Apr 10, 2024 | Representation, SEW
The officials just couldn’t help themselves. Caitlin Clark and Iowa. Paige Bueckers and UConn. The teams battling in a prize-fight worthy of a game, a spot in the national championship game on the line. And the refs had to go and make it about them. Read...
by admin | Dec 2, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Stéphanie Frappart has been showered with praise after she became the first woman to referee a men’s World Cup match. Joined by assistant referees Neuza Back and Karen Díaz Medina, the 38-year-old took charge of Germany’s thrilling 4-2 victory against Costa Rica. Read...
by admin | Nov 15, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Kathryn Nesbitt had spent a decade balancing parallel careers in analytical chemistry and soccer officiating when, in 2019, she put her scientific brain to work and synthesized a solution for the most pragmatic path forward. Two weeks before Nesbitt left for France to...
by admin | Jul 5, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi will become the first woman to officiate in the Italian top flight after she was promoted to the Serie A refereeing pool from next season. The 31-year-old Ferrieri Caputi already became the first female to referee a match involving a Serie A...
by admin | Jun 28, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
On August 28, 2021, Rita Chatterton, a sandy-haired 64-year-old woman, stood at a podium in Albany to receive a “Trailblazer Award” from the International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame was the brainchild of a wrestling fan named Seth Turner,...
by admin | Jun 1, 2022 | Representation, SEW
FIFA has appointed a team of 54 all-female officials to this year’s Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica, the first time it has done so for one of its tournaments. Thirteen women referees, 27 women assistant referees and 14 video match officials will...
by admin | Mar 8, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
In the beginning, back in 1997, there were two: Violet Palmer and Dee Kantner. Then, five years later, there was one: Palmer. When she retired in 2016 after her 18-season career, it was back to one: Lauren Holtkamp. But now, in 2021-22, the NBA has six female referees...
by admin | Sep 14, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Maia Chaka has made history as the first Black woman to officiate an NFL game. She said ahead of Sunday’s game between the New York Jets and the Carolina Panthers that it would be a proud moment. “This historic moment to me is an honor and it’s a...
by admin | Apr 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Sapir Berman announced Tuesday she has received the support of her family, the local referees’ union and Israeli and international soccer officials. She said even players and fans have begun to address her as a woman, even if they don’t always like her...
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