{"id":53683,"date":"2024-06-25T08:39:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T07:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=53683"},"modified":"2024-06-26T09:21:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T08:21:01","slug":"i-am-unlikely-to-succeed-because-i-am-a-woman-elite-athletes-raise-alarm-at-un-on-erosion-of-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/elite-athletes-raise-alarm-at-un","title":{"rendered":"Olympian to United Nations: Eroding female categories is &#8218;the sporting crime of the 21st Century&#8216;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"53683\" class=\"elementor elementor-53683\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a5e2e8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a5e2e8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c95f12a\" data-id=\"2c95f12a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c3f3f91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c3f3f91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies appeals to UN to keep women\u2019s sports fair \u2013 and female-only<\/li><li>U.S. college athlete Chelsea Mitchell testifies of having lost trophies and opportunities due to male competitors<\/li><li>UN Rapporteur on violence against women and girls speaks out for female athletes losing out on opportunities \u2013 and being forced to share locker rooms with men<\/li><li>ADF International convenes UN event advocating for human rights of female athletes<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-380cc7ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"380cc7ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Image-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-53684\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Image-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Image-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Image-1-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35e1e151 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35e1e151\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">GENEVA (25<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> June 2024) &#8211; <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics next month, female athletes have called on the international community to protect women and girls from having to compete against males under ideological policies eroding female sports categories across the world.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">More than 100 elite British sportswomen <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/68564019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">told the BBC<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in March that they would be uncomfortable with males competing in female categories in their sport. However, many have expressed fears over sharing their opinion publicly because of concerns they would be seen as \u201cdiscriminatory\u201d.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Addressing government and UN officials during a side event at the 56<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies compared the inclusion of men in women\u2019s sports to the drug-enhancement scandal of the 1980s. Davies lost out on winning gold due to an East German competitor who had been given an unfair advantage, having been supplied with testosterone as a teenager to improve her performance.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Davies explained that many of the female winners who had been injected with testosterone in the 1980s went on to suffer long-term health problems, which also impacted the next generation with birth defects. Furthermore, their female competitors who lost out on medals due to cheating were never recognized for their rightful achievements.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cHaving lived through the injustice of my time, I know the importance of ensuring fairness for female athletes today. We know that the physical attributes caused by testosterone give males an unfair and irreversible advantage \u2013 yet time and time again, they are given a ticket to compete in female-only events, causing worthy female competitors to lose out.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-574ba0a9 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"574ba0a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #AF272F\">\u201cThis is the sporting crime of the 21st Century.<\/span> What is happening to women and girl athletes is a far-reaching human rights abuse.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Sharron Davies, Olympic Swimmer<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25d5fa2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25d5fa2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i>This is the sporting crime of the 21<\/i><i>st<\/i><i>\u00a0Century. What is happening to women and girl athletes is a far-reaching human rights abuse with egregious implications for not only fairness and safety, but also for their opportunities to succeed in sports, scholarship opportunities, and beyond.<\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i>As this issue comes to a head, it is imperative that the international community do all it can to defend the basic human rights of women and girls in sports.\u201d\u00a0<\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The sports panel, highlighting the risks that including males in women\u2019s sports can pose to the safety and opportunities of women, was co-hosted by ADF International and the Permanent Mission of the Gambia.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a0e2ac1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a0e2ac1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">US Government throws out protections on female-only sport <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-23fe9d99 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"23fe9d99\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ec2c671\" data-id=\"4ec2c671\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60851955 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60851955\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW153873374 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153873374 BCX0\">In the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153873374 BCX0\">United States<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153873374 BCX0\">, the Biden Administration is <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153873374 BCX0\">attempting<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153873374 BCX0\"> to radically redefine <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153873374 BCX0\">\u201csex\u201d in the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153873374 BCX0\">Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153873374 BCX0\">to include \u201cgender identity,\u201d gutting equal opportunities for women and girls<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153873374 BCX0\">, threatening <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153873374 BCX0\">privacy<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153873374 BCX0\"> and safety, and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153873374 BCX0\">eliminating<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153873374 BCX0\"> fairness in women\u2019s <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153873374 BCX0\">sports.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW153873374 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:315,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f64719a\" data-id=\"3f64719a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-910c629 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"910c629\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Image-2-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-53690\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Image-2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Image-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Image-2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Image-2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Image-2-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e3dae5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e3dae5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">College athlete Chelsea Mitchell joined Sharron Davies on the sports panel on the sidelines of the UN Human Rights Council, testifying as to her experience losing out on opportunities and awards to male competitors. Mitchell lost the Connecticut state championship title four times to a male athlete.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92b944b elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"92b944b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #AF272F\">\"It tells me that I\u2019m not good enough; that my body isn\u2019t good enough; and that no matter how hard I work, I am unlikely to succeed, <\/span>because I\u2019m a woman. Girls everywhere need to know their value.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Chelsea Mitchell, College Athlete who filed a lawsuit against sporting authorities with support from Alliance Defending Freedom<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d54e085 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d54e085\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"none\">With support from Alliance Defending Freedom, Mitchell has filed a lawsuit against her state\u2019s sports authority, on the basis of unfair competition.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cI\u2019ve lost four women\u2019s state championship titles, two all-New England awards, and numerous other spots on the podium to male runners. I was bumped to third place in the 55-meter dash in 2019, behind two male runners. With every loss, it gets harder and harder to try again.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">That\u2019s a devastating experience. It tells me that I\u2019m not good enough; that my body isn\u2019t good enough; and that no matter how hard I work, I am unlikely to succeed, because I\u2019m a woman. Girls everywhere need to know their value, which is why I have come to the United Nations to stand up for the human rights of women and girls in sports across the world,\u201d <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">reflected Mitchell.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Girls\u2019 locker room safety at risk\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Reem Alsalem, the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls, joined the calls to protect female-only sports at the event, remarking:<\/span><\/p><p><em><span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8222;To ensure effective equality, international human rights law allows at times differentiated treatment &#8230; differentiation in treatment does not always constitute discrimination if it is based on reasonable and objective criteria aimed at achieving legitimate purposes. This nuanced understanding is crucial in the context of sports, where fairness and equal opportunity must be balanced.&#8220;<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In December 2023, Alsalem publicly warned the Biden Administration <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">that altering the definition of women in \u201cTitle IX\u201d would result in\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201closs of privacy, an increased risk of physical injury, heightened exposure to sexual harassment and voyeurism, as well as a more frequent and accumulated psychological distress due to the loss of privacy and fair and equal sporting and academic opportunities.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Sharon Davies, who will commentate at the Paris 2024 Olympic games in July, referred to the testimonials of girls involved in the class-action lawsuit against sporting authorities in the US, who had been forced to share changing rooms with biological males without giving consent:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cFemale college athletes were not only told to stay silent when they\u2019d been exposed to male genitalia in the changing rooms twice a day, but were instructed to seek psychological help and re-educate themselves. They did not give informed consent. Their feelings were unimportant. This is a severe violation of their rights and must not be allowed to continue.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/our-team\/giorgio-mazzoli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Giorgio Mazzoli<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, Director of United Nations Advocacy for ADF International who moderated the panel discussion, said:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cFemale sports and spaces belong to women and girls. Sports federations, national governments, and the United Nations can no longer ignore the voices of women and girls whose achievements have been directly affected by male participation in female sports categories. Female athletes have equal rights to fairness, safety, and privacy, both on and off the playing field. 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