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 23, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Tennis star Naomi Osaka is addressing the challenge of being a woman in sports. The 24-year-old talked about the double standards for men and women in the athletic world on the Victoria’s Secret VS Voices Podcast last week. During the podcast, Osaka recalled her...
by admin | Nov 23, 2021 | Representation, SEW
There were moments during the production of “King Richard” that Isha Price was so struck by the slight stoop in the posture of actor Will Smith and his distinctive Shreveport, La., dialect that she almost called him “Daddy.” That, after all, was what she and her four...
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.
by admin | Nov 20, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
CNN’s Will Ripley reports that the Women’s Tennis Association is threatening to end business in China unless Beijing can show definitive proof that star tennis player Peng Shuai is safe. Read More
by admin | Nov 19, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Ash Barty has joined some of the greatest names in tennis annals by becoming just the fifth woman to be crowned as world No 1 at the end of three consecutive years. Australia’s Wimbledon champion has not competed for more than two months but such has been the...
by admin | Nov 19, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
When Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai went public with a bombshell sexual assault accusation against a retired top official, China’s response was to censor all discussion of the allegation internally—and dismiss growing international concern over Peng’s whereabouts and...
by admin | Nov 19, 2021 | Representation, SEW
With the season done and dusted following the completion of the WTA Finals in Guadalajara, Mexico, the year-end WTA Rankings have been ratified and Raducanu moved up one spot in the final list to No 19. Just under a fortnight ago Raducanu became only the fifth British...
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