NOW: Rally for Women's LivesDemonstrators participating in the National Organization for Women's Rally for Women's Lives, 1995. Initially, women energized by Friedan’s book joined with government leaders and union representatives who had been lobbying the federal government for equal pay and for ...
Pollyannaish was my initial reaction to a simple scene of U. of Thornhill softball coach Darryl Hanah recruiting high school coach Tanya Tate to become assistant coach en route to replacing Hanah as coach six months hence when Darryl will be kicked upstairs to head up the school's sports progr...
Women, sports, and development: Does it pay to let girls play? Peterson Institute for International Economics.Kotschwar, Barbara. 2014. Women, Sports, and Development: Does It Pay to Let Girls Play? Policy Brief 14-8 (March). Washington: Peterson Institute for International Economics....
But here's the thing. While equal pay for equal work has emerged as a rallying cry in the ongoing struggles of women athletes, equity doesn't always, or even often, mean literal equality across all sports. Consider a comparison: Anthony Davis was the No. 1 pick in the NBA draf...
feminism had influenced every aspect of contemporary life, communication, and debate, from the heightened concern over sexist language to the rise of academic fields such as women’s studies andecofeminism. Sports, divorce laws, sexual mores, organized religion—all had been affected, in many parts...
Women's sport in the People's Republic of China: body, politics and the unfinished revolution. This chapter puts Chinese women's sport in the context of the change of political objectives, gender relationships, sports ideologies, and management syste... F Hong - 《Sport & Women Social Issues...
In the United States, TV ratings for tennis grand slams—a major driver of pay TV subscriptions and advertising revenues—have been slightly higher for women than men. Indeed, tennis is the only sport in which female athletes were among the top 100 best-remunerated sports...
The number two revenue stream in women’s elite sports in 2024 is forecast to be broadcast revenue. Women’s sport is currently balancing the benefits of free-to-air (FTA) transmission, which offers greater visibility, versus the higher fees, but lower addressable a...
Since the NIL era of endorsement deals for NCAA and other amateur athletes began in July 2021, women’s college basketball has ranked the third-highest among NIL compensated sports. There is still a huge gap between it and NCCA Division I football, which commands almost half of all deals, ...
The Sea Dogs, who debuted the first all-female radio booth with play-by-play broadcaster Emma Tiedemann and commentator Rylee Pay last season, go all in on their Women in Sports Night.Last year, the team honoredformer player development coach Katie Krall(who in 2022 became the first female ...