by admin | Mar 14, 2024 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
March is Women’s History Month. Women have held an integral part in sports for decades. For every Michael Jordan shot over Craig Ehlo, there’s Mary Lou Retton sticking the landing at the 1984 Olympics. For every Michael Phelps, there’s a Katie...
by admin | Nov 15, 2023 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Ellen Hyslop cofounded in 2017 The Gist, a sports media company geared toward female fans. Three years later, Haley Rosen founded Just Women’s Sports, making Instagram content about, well, just women’s sports. The two have grown their women-led, women-run,...
by admin | Jun 22, 2023 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Hundreds of players in the women’s game went unpaid during the World Cup qualifying rounds, a leading players’ union has said. Survey finds 29% of players weren’t paid Poor pitches for World Cup qualifying FIFPro said FIFA must improve conditions...
by admin | Jun 8, 2023 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The details confirmed Wednesday by FIFA fulfils a promise made in March to financially reward the 732 players taking part in the July 20 – Aug. 20 tournament hosted by Australia and New Zealand. It means more than half of FIFA’s total prize money fund of...
by admin | Oct 18, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Over the previous decade, the U.S. women’s gymnastics team was the hardest roster to make in the sport. It may still be. But those who earn spots at this year’s world championships will have seized an opportunity. Not only are Olympic all-around champions Simone...
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 | Nov 26, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The next few months could be among the most important in American women’s soccer history, with significant change on the horizon for both the NWSL and USWNT. The big picture: Collective bargaining agreements tend to be tedious, and lawsuits can drag on. But as...
by admin | Sep 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Conservative commentator Matt Walsh said Tuesday he’s not a fan of female sports broadcasters or analysts. When that led to serious backlash, he doubled down in tweets Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. “Yes, I said that I don’t like female analysts and reporters in...
by admin | Aug 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
It was the women who pushed the United States to the top of the gold medal table in the final hours of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. And it was the women who contributed most of the American success in ways they hadn’t before. Of the 113 total medals Team USA won in...
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