Black women played a central role in the 2021 Olympic Games. And that role was more than just resistance and resilience.
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The Tokyo Olympic Games are being called the most gender-equal Games ever — but does that label hold up under scrutiny?
Canadian women’s success at the Tokyo Games bodes well not only for our future generations of athletes, but for our nation as a whole.
Skateboarding will make its Olympic debut in Tokyo but research shows female athletes are likely to cop abuse online when the competition starts.
Women’s elite sporting uniforms have long tried to balance ideas of “femininity” with athleticism – not always with success. But now women are increasingly taking control of their uniforms.
Tokyo will feature the most female athletes ever at an Olympics. But the Games do not have a good track record when it comes to gender equality.
As Barty emulates Evonne Goolagong Cawley’s achievement in 1971, it’s an opportunity to celebrate and to learn.
If “fairness” is why trans players have been banned by World Rugby, then sport bodies need to realize many athletes have an unfair advantage because of issues like class and cultural backgrounds.
Sports have been out of action during the coronavirus lockdown, but the recovery period is a chance to redefine sporting success beyond winning and profit margins.
Women have been playing cricket as long as men have. However, getting to the 2020 Twenty20 World Cup has involved a lot more fundraising and organising
Women’s sports have been stuck in a boom-and-bust cycle for the past 20 years. It’s time to start a new narrative.
Athlete Caster Semenya will need to take hormone-lowering agents, or have surgery, if she wishes to continue her career in her chosen events. But the decision to ban her is flawed on many grounds.
The great South African runner Caster Semenya may have competed in her last 800-metre race. She has been demonized for more than a decade, like many other female athletes before her.
When the Canadian Women’s Hockey League announced it was folding, it was seen as a setback for women’s hockey. But history suggests the death of one hockey league leads to new opportunities.
Research shows sport is commonly a bastion for male dominance and privilege.
The value of sport.
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As we reach the World Cup's halfway point, we're asking: what is sport worth? On today's episode, we explore the money and diplomatic power plays lingering behind the scenes of every big tournament.
Research has found Silicon Valley engineers feared speaking up when they recognise poor behaviour among their male colleagues.
The reality of life as a female sports star.
Several initiatives have been launched to foster a sporting culture more conducive to the involvement of women in South Africa, including new laws. But evidence shows much still needs to be done.
Women’s soccer had just found its feet in the roaring ‘20s when state ruling bodies began to force female players from the field.
Top contributors
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Research associate, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Sociology, The Open University
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Professor, Gender Equity in Sport @Griffith research hub, Queensland, Australia, University of Bath
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Senior lecturer, Griffith University
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Lecturer in Sport and Education, University of Bath
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Professor Emeritus of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University
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Lecturer, Research School of Management, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, College of Sport and Exercise Science, Victoria University
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Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Researcher, Institute for Sport, Exercise and Active Living and Senior Lecturer, College of Sport and Exercise Science, Victoria University
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Evolutionary Biologist, ARC Future Fellow, UNSW
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Visiting Professor in Biomedical Ethics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, University of Oxford
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Fellow in Historical Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Principal Research Fellow, The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
