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2018 – Women's National Basketball Players Association opted out of their collective bargaining agreement. [17] 2018 – On International Women's Day, the International Olympic Committee announced their proposal of the Gender Equality Review Project, which outlined 25 recommendations to achieve gender equality in sports. Three of them were ...
Men still outnumber women in coaching roles (in the 2020 Games, only 21% of U.S. head coaches were women). A gender gap still exists at the Paralympic Summer Games; 42% of athletes were women in ...
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A 2021 white paper for YouGov surveyed reasons why viewers around the world don't engage with women’s sports as much. The top reasons given were: "less media coverage," "lack of knowledge of ...
Of the 934 local network affiliate news segments (over 12 hr of broadcasts), 880 were on men's sports (or approximately 11½ hr), 22 segments (or nearly 18 min) were on gender-neutral sports (e.g., a horse race, coverage of the Los Angeles [LA] marathon, and a recreational sports event), and only 32 segments (about 23 min) featured women's sports.
The 2024 Olympics showcased 28 gender-balanced sports, with 152 medal events designated for women and 20 mixed-gender events. Additionally, boxing included an equal number of weight categories for both men and women. Valarie Allman American track and field athlete specializing in the discus throw.
The U.S. women's national soccer team is among the best in the sport, earning two women's World Cup titles in the last five years (four overall) and building a loyal following among American ...
This factor may affect the media coverage of female athletes. Despite greatly increased participation of women in sports, over the years media coverage of female athletes has remained unchanged. [20] It has been argued that visibility of women's sports in media is necessary for its advancement and is a determining factor in closing the gender ...