{"id":40067,"date":"2024-02-20T09:09:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T08:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=40067"},"modified":"2024-02-22T11:59:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T10:59:22","slug":"un-expert-defends-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/un-expert-defends-womens-sports","title":{"rendered":"UN Expert warns Biden Administration: Permitting males in womens\u2019 sports can breach human rights, cause \u201cextreme psychological distress\u201d and risks \u201cphysical and sexual attacks\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"40067\" class=\"elementor elementor-40067\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9dff3c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9dff3c0\" 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-7c12067\" data-id=\"7c12067\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a1ae88d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a1ae88d\" 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-52ac001\" data-id=\"52ac001\" 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-19c2c7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19c2c7d\" 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><b>Top<span data-contrast=\"auto\"> UN expert on violence against women and girls publishes strong warning to the U.S. government regarding proposed Title IX rule change, which would require schools to permit males to compete in female-only sports<\/span><\/b><\/li><li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Letter flags dangers of compelling males and females to share locker rooms and other intimate spaces<\/span><\/b><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/spcommreports.ohchr.org\/TMResultsBase\/DownLoadPublicCommunicationFile?gId=28673\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Communication<\/span><\/b><\/a><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0&#8211; now published in full &#8211; sent to U.S. government in response to concerns raised by human rights groups, including ADF International<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/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-88ab088 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"88ab088\" 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 fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1040\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/selina-soule-alanna-smith-photo-05172021.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-40092\" alt=\"Female athletes Selina Soule and Alanna Smith are engaged in legal action to protect fairness in women&#039;s sports\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/selina-soule-alanna-smith-photo-05172021.jpg 1040w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/selina-soule-alanna-smith-photo-05172021-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/selina-soule-alanna-smith-photo-05172021-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/selina-soule-alanna-smith-photo-05172021-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1040px) 100vw, 1040px\" \/>\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f95ca9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f95ca9\" 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-e2bdd56\" data-id=\"e2bdd56\" 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-69ec7d8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69ec7d8\" 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 (20 February 2024) <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2013 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem, has urged the Biden administration to protect female athletes from being forced to compete with males who identify as female.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In a now-public<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/spcommreports.ohchr.org\/TMResultsBase\/DownLoadPublicCommunicationFile?gId=28673\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> letter<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, initially sent privately to the U.S. government in December, the UN expert raises concerns regarding the Biden administration\u2019s proposed amendments to Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. The changes would undermine safety and fairness in women&#8217;s and girls\u2019 sports by compelling schools to allow male athletes identifying as female to participate on female-only sports teams, in addition to the sharing of intimate spaces such as locker rooms and restrooms. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Alsalem warns this change would result in \u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">unfair treatment and unlawful and extreme forms of discrimination against most women and girls on the basis of female sex\u201d <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and \u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">undermine the access of women and girls in sports to equal opportunity as well as undermine their overall participation in society and public life.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Furthermore, she detailed that the forced erasure of female-only facilities could result in <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\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 data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The U.S. government failed to respond to the Special Rapporteur\u2019s communication within the requested\u00a0time period of 60 days. The letter has now been published on the website of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.\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 );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">International concern for fairness for women<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Special Rapporteur referred to the reports of concerned athletes and human rights organisations that the proposed changes would \u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">potentially upend decades of advances in athletic opportunities for women and girls by opening women\u2019s sports teams to males with intrinsic biological advantages.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/our-team\/giorgio-mazzoli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Giorgio Mazzoli<\/a>, Director of United Nations Advocacy for ADF International, said:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe welcome and endorse the UN Special Rapporteur\u2019s robust defense of women and girls\u2019 sex-based protections in sport. Female athletes have a right to equal opportunity, privacy, and safety in the pursuit of sporting achievements, and related academic opportunities. The proposed Title IX changes not only would compromise the integrity and fairness of female sports; they also would place the U.S. in direct violation of its international human rights obligations.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fair access for females: on the pitch and in academia<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Among the concerns raised by the Special Rapporteur was access for competitive female athletes to scholarship opportunities at US universities. <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cDenial of the opportunity to compete fairly causes extreme psychological distress to women who know they do not have a chance to compete and may lose well-deserved scholarships and other educational and economic opportunities,\u201d <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">wrote Asaleem.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In Connecticut, four female college athletes represented by Alliance Defending Freedom have brought a lawsuit<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0against\u00a0Connecticut\u2019s statewide athletic association\u00a0because they were deprived of honors and opportunities at elite track-and-field levels by male athletes permitted to compete against them. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/press-release\/2nd-circuit-allows-lawsuit-ct-female-athletes-continue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Read more here.<\/span><\/a><span 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Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers.<\/p> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-provider-toggle\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-show-provider-information role=\"button\">More Information<\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-buttons\"> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-unblock role=\"button\">Unblock content<\/a> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-accept-service role=\"button\" style=\"display: inherit\">Accept required service and unblock content<\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\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-7ad5ee0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ad5ee0\" 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=\"auto\">The UN expert\u2019s letter also highlighted the physical dangers at play with admitting males into women\u2019s sports.\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;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i>\u201cMoreover, allowing athletes born male to, for example, box, wrestle, pin, shove, or strike at female athletes on a playing field, regardless of the power differences based on sex, is likely to lead to the toleration of such behaviour off the pitch,\u201d\u00a0<\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">she warned.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Additionally, the expert flagged that \u201c<\/span><i>compelling women and girls to share restrooms, locker rooms and intimate spaces with males, would very likely lead to feelings of anxiety, stress, humiliation, and embarrassment, resulting in women and girls choosing to avoid these facilities altogether. It would also increase the risk of sexual harassment, voyeurism, and physical and sexual attacks in unisex locker rooms.\u201d<\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">A groundbreaking impact on female participation<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/article\/redefining-sex-threatens-title-ix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Title IX<\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> was passed as part of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 and was originally intended to eliminate obstacles that many women faced in education, especially in higher education. The main provision of Title IX states, \u201c<\/span><i>No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Before Title IX was passed, male athletes vastly outnumbered female athletes. According to the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.womenssportsfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FINAL6_WSF-Title-IX-Infographic-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Women\u2019s Sports Foundation<\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, in 1972, boys outnumbered girls 3.66 million to 300,000 (more than a 12:1 ratio) in American high school sports. Fifty years later, that ratio has shrunk to about 4:3 (4.5 million boys to 3.4 million girls).\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Similar changes can be seen in US collegiate athletics. In 1972, male athletes outnumbered female athletes 170,000 to 30,000 (almost a 6:1 ratio). 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