by admin | Dec 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
World No.1 Ash Barty has taken out the WTA Player of the Year award for the second time in her career. Barty won five tournaments in 2021, including her second grand slam title, after beating Karolina Pliskova in three sets during to claim the Wimbledon crown. Read...
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 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 | 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 | #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...
by admin | Nov 19, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
China is facing pressure from the United Nations over Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai’s whereabouts as the organization called for an investigation into her allegations of sexual assault. Peng, who is one of China’s most recognizable sports stars, has not...
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