From the Advocacy Desk: March 2008 Advocacy Report
By Lauren SummaPublished: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
In addition to working to maintain a strong Title IX and a comprehensive public policy agenda that increases opportunities for girls and women to participate in sports and physical activity, the Women’s Sports Foundation responds to hundreds of calls and e-mails asking for help with specific gender equity, Title IX, the Amateur Sports Act, and coaching and employment situations at the local level. Read about some of the people we have helped.
Women's Sports Foundation Responds to Isiah Thomas Ruling
Published: Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Statement by Aimee Mullins, Women's Sports Foundation President
Addressing the Issue of Verbal, Physical and Psychological Abuse of Athletes: The Foundation Position
Published: Monday, October 01, 2007
A. General Rationale All types of abuse can occur in sport as they do in many other institutional contexts such as the workplace, government, religious organizations and the home. Specifically, abuse in sport, whether sexual or not, deters girls and women from participating and developing as athletes. The development and implementation of policies regarding such abuse will help create organizational climates in which women and girls, as well as men and boys, can participate and feel free to report such incidents. Setting policy on verbal, physical and psychological abuse is also likely to decrease the likelihood of such offenses. The ...
The Women's Sports Foundation Education and Prevention Policy: Sexual Harassment and Relationships between Coaches and Athletes
Published: Monday, September 18, 2000
1.1.1 General Rationale Sexual harassment is a recognized social problem in North America. The development and implementation of policies regarding sexual harassment help to create organizational climates in which women and girls feel free to report such incidents. Setting policy on sexual harassment is also believed to decrease the likelihood of such offenses. The Women's Sports Foundation (hereafter "Foundation") acknowledges that sexual harassment occurs in athletics and seeks to prevent its occurrence through the development of this policy.
The Foundation encourage leaders of sports governing bodies, educational institutions and athletic programs to formulate, implement and evaluate a policy on sexual harassment ...
Sexual Harassment - Sexual Harassment and Sexual Relationships Between Coaches, Other Athletic Personnel and Athletes: The Foundation Position
A. General Rationale Sexual harassment is a recognized social problem in sport. Sexual harassment in sport deters girls and women from participating and developing as athletes. The development and implementation of policies regarding sexual harassment help to create organizational climates in which women and girls feel free to report such incidents. Setting policy on sexual harassment is also believed to decrease the likelihood of such offenses. The Women's Sports Foundation acknowledges that sexual harassment occurs in athletics and seeks to prevent its occurrence through the development of this policy and position statement.Leaders of sports governing bodies, educational institutions and athletic ...