{"id":63428,"date":"2024-10-17T18:39:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T16:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=63428"},"modified":"2025-06-13T14:29:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T12:29:01","slug":"protecting-a-safe-fair-and-level-playing-field-for-female-athletes-is-a-critical-womens-rights-issue-collegiate-and-olympic-athletes-global-human-rights-leaders-call-on-un-to-protect-safety-and-fairne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/un-women-in-sports","title":{"rendered":"Collegiate and Olympic athletes, global human rights leaders call on UN to protect safety and fairness for women in sports"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"63428\" class=\"elementor elementor-63428\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-294e7fba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"294e7fba\" 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-5cd96205\" data-id=\"5cd96205\" 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-1eea1654 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1eea1654\" 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><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies, U.S. collegiate athlete Lainey Armistead, Alliance Defending Freedom CEO Kristen Waggoner and global leaders appeal to UN to keep women\u2019s sports fair and female-only.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <span class=\"TextRun SCXW76275993 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW76275993 BCX0\">ADF International <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW76275993 BCX0\">convenes<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW76275993 BCX0\"> UN <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW76275993 BCX0\">event alongside <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW76275993 BCX0\">Paraguay, Cameroon, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW76275993 BCX0\">Morocco<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW76275993 BCX0\"> and Malaysia to advocate for human rights of female athletes across the globe.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW76275993 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/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-52c4f5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"52c4f5e\" 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=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ADFI_UN_10.16.24-25-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-63430\" alt=\"Save girls&#039; sports\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ADFI_UN_10.16.24-25-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ADFI_UN_10.16.24-25-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ADFI_UN_10.16.24-25-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ADFI_UN_10.16.24-25-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ADFI_UN_10.16.24-25-2048x1365.jpg 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2431fc49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2431fc49\" 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\">NEW YORK CITY <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(17 October 2024): At United Nations Headquarters in New York City yesterday, female athletes and international leaders called on the international community to preserve and protect fairness and safety in sports for women and girls.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies, U.S. collegiate athlete Lainey Armistead, and ADF CEO Kristen Waggoner, UN Rapporteur Reem Alsalem, were among those that addressed government and UN officials during an event convened by ADF International as part of the ongoing 79<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> session of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, 16 October.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In her address, Armistead, a former West Virginia collegiate athlete represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, shared: <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWest Virginia has a law that ensures that only biological women can compete in women\u2019s sports. Yet during my time as WVSU, I began to hear stories of women getting sidelined \u2013 and even getting hurt \u2013 while competing against males in women\u2019s sports. In just the last three years, the one male athlete who has been allowed to compete against girls in West Virginia has already displaced nearly 300 girls. And that\u2019s just one athlete.<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d Armistead\u2019s lawsuit to defend West Virginia\u2019s protections for women in sports has been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/press-release\/adf-west-virginia-look-supreme-court-protect-womens-sports\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">appealed<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to the U.S. Supreme Court.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Armistead continued, saying <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI\u2019m here today because we\u2019ve all seen what happens when males are allowed to compete on women\u2019s teams\u2026 it\u2019s demoralizing and unfair, and just plain wrong.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cFemales are at a physical disadvantage. This doesn\u2019t mean that we\u2019re worse or better, it just means that we\u2019re biologically different,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> said Davies, who competed as a swimmer at three different Olympic games and addressed the gathering virtually. <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI don\u2019t know a single person that wants to exclude anybody. However, we do want to see women have fair and safe sport. And we cannot wait until a woman is seriously injured or worse still, killed, to be able to deal with the science and the obvious and the common sense.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\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-16fff41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"16fff41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241017_162415000_iOS.mov\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\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-54e4442 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54e4442\" 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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Video: Sharron Davies&#8217; virtual remarks<\/em><\/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-1c20aad5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c20aad5\" 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\">The U.S. and International playing field<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/our-team\/kristen-waggoner\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kristen Waggoner<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, CEO, president, and general counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom and ADF International, joined the athletes on the panel, testifying to the work being done by the organizations to protect women\u2019s sports: <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cInternational law has long recognized equality and non-discrimination \u2013 including on the basis of sex \u2013 as a fundamental pillar of human rights. Unfortunately, many countries have fallen short of their human rights obligations toward women and girls in sports. We\u2019ve learned the hard way that if female sports aren\u2019t protected, it does grave harm to women and girls.\u201d <\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Waggoner continued, saying <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cOur hope at ADF is that the international community will turn its attention to this critical issue \u2013 ensuring women and girls can pursue sporting opportunities should they desire AND protecting female athletes from harm and indignity. Our plea to the world is to learn from the mistakes that have been made \u2013 and that are now being corrected \u2013 so that your daughters can walk into a future of fair and safe sports.<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In addition to advocacy in the international community by ADF International, Alliance Defending Freedom is representing <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/press-release\/adf-west-virginia-look-supreme-court-protect-womens-sports\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lainey Armistead<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/press-release\/ct-female-athletes-forced-compete-males-return-court-after-2nd-circuit-puts-case-back\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">other<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> <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\">female athletes who are looking to protect women and girls from having to compete against males.<\/span>\u00a0The Alliance Defending Freedom is also challenging the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/press-release\/adf-files-nation-leading-fifth-legal-action-against-biden-admin-attempted-title-ix\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> rewrite of Title IX protections for women and girls.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\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-7cdd68a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7cdd68a\" 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=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/4F2A5572-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-63454\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/4F2A5572-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/4F2A5572-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/4F2A5572-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/4F2A5572-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/4F2A5572-2048x1365.jpg 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94e4856 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94e4856\" 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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Pictured: Lainey Armistead &amp; Kristen Waggoner<\/em><\/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-356d623 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"356d623\" 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\">Global protections for women and girls<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Reem Alsalem, the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls, joined the calls to protect female-only sports at the event, remarking that,<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWomen and girls in sport are experiencing new forms of discrimination based on their sex. One glaring example is the opening the female category of sports to males, further undermining their access to equal opportunities and the right to participate in safety, dignity and fairness. In fact, I do not hesitate to say that the failure to protect the female category is one of the most egregious forms of violence against women and girls as the essence of being \u2018female\u2019 is willfully pushed aside and ignored resulting in distress, pain, humiliation, frustration, and anger at the loss of dignity and sheer injustice confronted.\u201d <\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In December 2023, Alsalem publicly warned the Biden Administration\u202fthat altering the definition of women in \u201cTitle IX\u201d would result in\u202f<\/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\u202f<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/our-team\/giorgio-mazzoli\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Giorgio Mazzoli<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Director of UN Advocacy for ADF International, said:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cFemale sports and spaces belong to women and girls. Under international law, States have an obligation to prohibit and prevent discrimination on the basis of sex. The voices of women and girls whose achievements have been directly affected by male participation in female sports categories can no longer be ignored. It is past time for States and sports bodies\u00a0across the globe to follow the science and uphold safety and fairness in female sports.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\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-24aa4a89 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"24aa4a89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\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-de66b99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de66b99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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