Sports

Women's Voices Missing From Olympic Leadership Roles

02/05/2010

USA Today: In a massive sporting event in which U.S. women often are the biggest stars, at a time when women in this country run companies and run for office as never before, the top executive in each of America's winter Olympic sports remains a man.

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Chief Development Officer at Women's Sports Foundation

The Women’s Sports Foundation is a national charitable educational organization dedicated to advancing the lives of girls and women through physical activity. It is the only national organization promoting all sports and physical activities for women of all ages and skill levels and is acknowledged as the expert resource on all women’s sports issues.

The Chief Development Officer is responsible for increasing the Foundation’s revenue by developing and executing ongoing, multi-year fundraising strategies and growing a base of donors that include, but are not limited to major donors, planned giving, private and corporate foundations, and the general public. Most immediately, focus will be placed on increasing giving from major donors, institutions, family and private foundations and other institutional donors.

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News Round Up: July 13, 2009

Fixing the economy: It's women's work | Obama names Alabama woman for surgeon general post | Single-dose Plan B OK'd | Women in the News Roundup: July 13, 2009

Today’s roundup has a mix of older news and a healthy dose of features and commentary on the economy. Sports fans: LPGA updates at the bottom. Happy reading!

The Economy:

BBC’s Katty Kay and ABC’s Claire Shipman say women hold the keys to worldwide economic recovery (Washington Post Opinion):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/10/AR200907...

News Round Up: June 25, 2009

Study shows women earn less | New York Times on maternal mortality in Africa | More on Violence against women

A light day for news about women and women’s issues as the media turns their eyes to Farrah and MJ. Happy reading!

The Economy:

New York Times Magazine previews a story in this Sunday’s issue, about GM and the fall of Detroit’s African-American middle class:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/magazine/28detroit-t.html

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports on a study showing women working for the city earn less than men:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09176/979878-100.stm

News Round Up: June 24, 2009

NBC's glamorizes philanthropy | Saudi girls get 'permission' to play | Women's long road in Iran

A relatively quiet day in the news with a number of interesting features on sports, philanthropy and Iran. Happy reading!

The Economy and Poverty:

A New York Times article tracks efforts to overcome homelessness in New York City:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/nyregion/24homeless.html?_r=1&ref=nyre...

National Council for Research on Women President Linda Basch calls for more women in finance (Christian Science Monitor):
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0624/p09s02-coop.html

Sports: Not Just A Man's World

04/03/2009

National Public Radio Report: In a final installment of the series Tell Me More About Women's History, Marj Snyder, of the Womens Sports Foundation, tells the story of women and athletics.

Listen to the Full Story Here (offsite link)

Women's Sports Foundation

The Women’s Sports Foundation—the leading authority on the participation of women and girls in sports—advocates for equality, educates the public, conducts research and offers grants to promote sports and physical activity for girls and women.

Founded by Billie Jean King in 1974, the Women’s Sports Foundation builds on her legacy as a champion athlete, advocate of social justice and agent of change. We strive for gender equity and fight discrimination in sports.

Women Drivers Golf Tournament

As the only charity tournament for women golfers, the Women Drivers Golf Tournament is "the" tournament to play in and sponsor. It is truly a women's tournament -- by women and for women in golf, business and the community.

Marga Stubblefield, LPGA, has graciously agreed to serve again as Tournament Chair and is planning more fun and contests for this coming year. We are expecting a full field of golfers in 2008 as we had in 2007, with 160 golfers and additional banquet guests.

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Women Win

Women Win financially supports organizations worldwide that focus on empowering women and girls through sport.
Women Win raises awareness about sport as a succesful tool for empowering women and girls.
Women Win creates a platform for partnership and change that connects like-minded people from different backgrounds and with complementary strategies.

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