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Call for action! Sign the joint statement that welcomes the report on the right to participate in sports
We’re calling on individuals and organizations to sign a statement affirming the right of trans, gender diverse, and intersex people to participate in sports without any form of discrimination. The signatories’ organizations welcome the report on the right to participate in sports by Alexandra Xanthaki, the United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of Cultural…
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Category: Woman – Documentary
We are happy to be presenting partners together with Human Rights Watch for the documentary Category: Woman. It premieres on Friday, 17 March 2023 in London during the Human Rights Watch Film Festival. Category: Woman is an urgent documentary highlighting the policing of women’s bodies in sport – and what happens when sexism and racism…
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OII Europe statement on the new IOC framework
On November 16, 2021, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the launch of a groundbreaking new framework on Fairness, Inclusion and Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Sex Variations*. This framework was created after a two-year consultation process with more than 250 athletes and concerned stakeholders towards adopting a comprehensive human rights strategy.…
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LBTI Women in Sports: violence, discrimination and lived experiences
In March 2021, a coalition of European networks working on LGBTI rights and including ILGA Europe, EL*C, TGEU, OII Europe and EGLSF submitted to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe a briefing note on violence and discrimination against LBTI women in sport. The PACE has drawn attention to gender-based violence and discrimination in…
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Intersex and Sports
On February 25th, 2021 South African athlete Caster Semenya filed an application to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)1 to fight for dignity, equality, and the human rights of women in sports. She challenges the demeaning and intrusive regulations implemented by the World Athletics in 2018 that discriminate and prohibit some women, including women…
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A groundbreaking resolution has been adopted by the UN Human Rights Council on the elimination of discrimination against women and girls in sport.
A groundbreaking resolution has been adopted by the UN Human Rights Council on the elimination of discrimination against women and girls in sport. For the first time it notes with concern the discrimination faced by women and girls born with variations of sex characteristics. It also recognizes that sport regulations and practices can reinforce harmful…
