Help us reach 5,000 signatures to press the President of the International Canoe Federation, Mr. Jose Perurena, and the International Olympic Committee to lift the ban on women's canoeing at the Olympics. Please sign and share our … [Read more...]
Sportscene’s Take: Academic report shuns Rogge’s “major boost for gender equality” at London 2012
Sportscene's Nicolaas Harding breaks down the University of Torontos report - which analysed whether London 2012 was in fact a model for gender equality in sport - for Olympic Canoe/Kayak. Results are, despite more female athletes competing in every sport and from every nation, startling: … [Read more...]
Larry Cain - Olympic Canoeing Gold Medalist on Women’s Canoe and Olympic Gender Inequality
Olympic Gold Medalist Canoeist Larry Cain speaks out on gender inequality in Olympic Canoeing "I'll probably ruffle a few feathers with this post, but it needs to be said. It's time for women to race canoe in the Olympics and continuing to ignore gender equity is seriously jeopardizing … [Read more...]
University of Toronto Report Reveals Inequalities at London 2012
The London 2012 Olympics - A Gender Equality Audit. From the Centre for Sport Policy Studies at the University of Toronto, Peter Donnelly and Michele K. Donnelly analysed gender equality in sport using the case of the 2012 London Olympics. WOMEN'S CANOE - READY FOR RIO! From the Executive … [Read more...]
Olympic Canoeing Survives IOC Axe - But is Gender Equity on the ICF Agenda?
In a recent article the International Canoe Federation (ICF) stated it was “disappointed” at its shock appearance among the sports in the firing line (the "Bottom 5") last month when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was considering which sport to recommend for exclusion from the … [Read more...]
Women’s Canoe - Long Overdue: An In-Depth Analysis as to Why Women’s Canoe Isn’t In the Olympics
“There is no excuse for perpetuating the blatant sexism that persists at the Games.Not only do women compete in only 21 sports while men take part in 27, but the program of events in most sports has fewer events for women. At the Olympics women do kayaking, but for inexplicable reasons, they … [Read more...]
Just for women sports 24/7 coming our way
Sedona, AZ – [b] Heraea Marketing Scores with New Partner, Sports Channel for Women TV [/b] Heraea Marketing is starting to gain some traction and is being recognized for supporting female athletes exclusively. They do not promote any men nor do they showcase any male … [Read more...]
How Early Exposure to so Many Sports Opened My Door to Rowing
By Julia Darnton, Assistant Director of Operations, Game On! Sports Camps 4 Girls Up until age 5, I thought everyone’s parents were competitive cross-country skiers. In my family, I was used to my parents hiring a sitter for me and my two younger brothers so they could train for their … [Read more...]
How Early Exposure to the Wide World of Sports Opened the Door to my Rowing Career
By Julia Darnton, Assistant Director of Operations, Game On! Sports Camps 4 Girls It wasn’t until I was 5-years-old that I realized that not everyone’s parents were competitive cross-country skiers. In my family, it was normal for my parents to hire a babysitter for me and my two … [Read more...]
That Which Was Lost
Somewhere in Oxford, Great Britain, 2009, 5.25am. Two Varsity rowers sleep, the winter morning silent around them, the spires of their Oxford scraping the frosted sky. Three more months to the Boat Race. 192 sessions gone; 144 to go, until they look across the water at Cambridge and say … [Read more...]