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Category: Sport
What can we learn from sport governance challenges?
FIFA's threat to withdraw its recognition of its member federation, Football Australia, prompted gender equality measures to be adopted. This governance crisis led to the establishment of a Congress...
Recognising the achievements of sportswomen: Correct the Internet
A few days ago, BroadAgenda editor Ginger Gorman spotted a stunning Internet campaign, designed to "Correct the Internet", allowing female elite athletes to take their rightful places in the history...
Forget the horses. Worry about domestic violence.
Not everyone looks forward to the Melbourne Cup. Domestic violence and emergency services ready themselves for a potential increase in calls, call-outs and admissions. But as our recent review...
Stretchy but rigid: the neoliberal complexities of yoga pants
Raise a hand – or better yet, a leg – if you own a pair of yoga pants. Marketed largely to women in Western countries, these items began to appear after yoga became a globalized mainstream practice...
Want to do a PhD about cyberhate against female athletes?
Remember when AFLW Carlton forward Tayla Harris got predator trolled simply for doing her job? In case your memory needs jogging, back in 2019 a photograph taken by AFL Media senior photographer...
Is this sexism? UC Capitals without finals home
A few days ago, the ABC reported that the UC Capitals' basketball team had effectively been left 'homeless' with no location to play their finals game in ACT. BroadAgenda editor, Ginger Gorman, had...
Fair go? Why the national anthem is racist
As we say goodbye to another Olympics, there’s a sizeable section of the Australian population that might breathe sigh of relief about not having to sit through another rendition of our national...
Training for a 2032 inclusion Olympics starts now
It’s not new to anyone that the Olympics has a bit of an issue when it comes to gender equality. John Coates’ treatment of Annastacia Palaszczuk at the moment of triumph was a textbook example of...