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Boy Permitted To Play On Girls' Team

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Southampton Varsity Field Hockey, Southampton Field Hockey, Title IX, Keeling Pilaro Field Hockey, Field Hockey, High School Sports, Southampton Girls Field Hockey, Keeling Pilaro Southampton, Keeling Pilaro, Southampton Field Hockey Boy, Pilaro Southampton Field Hockey, Southampton Varsity Girls Field Hockey, Sports News

SMITHTOWN, N.Y. — The biggest goal of Keeling Pilaro's field hockey career happened far from an athletic field on Tuesday. An athletics committ...

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A Race to Remember

Jonathan Littman | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Women's Sports, Rowing, Sports, Title IX, Athletics, High School Rowing Rankings, High School Rowing, Women's Rowing, Sports News

The thousand-plus fans lining the shore of Lake Natoma expected no contest. All season long, the Oakland Strokes Women's Varsity 8+ had been the fastest high school boat in the nation. But then something unexpected happened.

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Making Policies that Pave the Way

Judy Patrick | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Women's Policy Institute, Title IX, STEM Education, Women's Foundation of California, Women's Equality, Women's Rights, Female Athletes, Women Athletes, Los Angeles News

Title IX legislation has been one of the most significant pieces of policy for women in the past 40 years because it has impacted millions of individual girls and women, every education system in the country and the sports industry.

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On Campus, Debate Over Civil Rights And Rape

AP | JUSTIN POPE | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Title Ix Prosecution, Title IX, College Sex Assault Title Ix, College Sex Assault, College News

For months after Kristina Ponischil was raped at a party in her off-campus apartment, her life at Western Washington University was hell. Police woul...

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Keeping Score in "the War on Women"

Anthony D. Romero | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Women in Combat, Vawa, Title IX, War on Women, Rush Limbaugh, Buddy Roemer, Mitt Romney, Contraception, Transvaginal Ultrasound, Newt Gingrich, Gary Johnson, GOP War on Women, Politics News

So far in Election 2012, we've seen a foul-mouthed Rush Limbaugh, men-only Congressional panels on women's rights, transvaginal probe laws and efforts to restrict women's access to contraception. And yet there's still a dispute over whether there's a war on women?

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Some Good News Out of the Women's Sports World

Katie Groke Ellis | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: U.S. Women's Soccer, Women's Soccer, Title IX, Women's Sports, Women's World Cup, Colorado Rapids Women, Colorado Rapids, Denver News

In a time when men's and women's sports teams feel like they are competing against each other for a fan base, it is refreshing to see the new Rapids coach embracing the game as a whole and encouraging fans of all genders.

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Protecting Women and Their Children Around the World

Valerie Jarrett | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Assault, World Conference of Women?S Shelters, Title IX, Violence Against Women, Global Motherhood, Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Politics News

When women are denied the chance to contribute because of domestic violence our entire society suffers. When women have a chance to achieve their dreams, everybody benefits. And when women succeed, society as a whole does better.

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Title IX's Impact on My Life

Swin Cash | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Women's Sports, NBA All Star Game, Title IX, Women's Basketball, WNBA All Star Game, Female Athletes, Basketball, Women Athletes, Wnba, Nba, Chicago Sky, Equality, UConn Women's Basketball, Cash for Kids, Gender Equality, Uconn, University of Connecticut, Sports News

Every person who participates in sports won't become a professional athlete. But everyone should have the same opportunities to chase their dreams. I may not have the same basketball gifts as a Kobe Bryant or LeBron James, but like them I was given a chance for equal play.

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Bellbottoms and Skinny Jeans: To Everything There Is a Season

Barbara Lee | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Women, Birth Control, Title IX, Kirsten Gillibrand, Komen Planned Parenthood, Roe v. Wade, Women News

When I was in bellbottoms and platform shoes, it seemed that we were moving past this place of politicizing women's health -- battles were being fought, but we were going to win this war.

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Another Step Back for Women's Sports

Katie Groke Ellis | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Women's Sports, Women's World Cup, U.S. Women's Olympic Soccer, U.S. Women's Soccer, Female Athletes, Title IX, Concacaf, Women's Soccer, Denver News

This week, news came out that the Women's Professional Soccer League had cancelled their 2012 season. This country has to do a better job at supporting women's athletics both financially and in spirit.

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Happy National Girls and Women in Sports Day!

Katie Smith | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Title IX, Seattle Storm, Athletes, Katie Smith, Female Athletes, Seattle, Women Athletes, Professional Athletes, Equal Opportunity, Wnba, Sports News

There were times when women were limited in their athletic endeavors and it was not that long ago. We have to keep educating the next generation of girls so that we can continue to thrive and experience anything and everything life has to offer.

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A Civil Right to a Good Education

Jack Jennings | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Title IX, School Vouchers, Equity, Charter Schools, Civil Rights, Nclb, School Funding, School Reform, Curriculum, Standards, Teachers, Education News

We should make equal educational opportunity a federal civil right for all students. This should include the right to a challenging curriculum, well-trained and effective teachers, and the funding to provide these essentials.

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The Trouble With Title IX And Quotas

Sabrina Schaeffer | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Women's Sports, Sports, Quotas, Women and Sports, James Madison University, College Sports, American Association of Women, Affirmative Action, Title IX, Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, Secretary Duncan, Women News

The problem with anti-discrimination legislation like Title IX is not with its intentions. The trouble is that the goal posts keep moving

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What We Left Behind: Girdles, Silence and Illegal Abortion

Suzanne Braun Levine | Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Abortion, Ms. Magazine, Women's Empowerment, Equal Pay, Women's Rights, Women, Caregiving, Title IX, Women's Health, Fifty News

When I went to work at Ms. in 1972, I wore a matching pink skirt and blouse -- and a girdle. I had just gotten married and was, therefore, not able to get a bank loan without my husband's approval. And I had had an illegal abortion.

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How Women Influence Sports

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: April Heinrichs, Gender Equality, Sports, Title IX, Baseball, Pat Summit, Ncaa, Little League, Tennessee Basketball, USA Soccer, Coaching Sports, Division I, Gender Roles, Women News

I knew baseball and that's what mattered. They treated me, as I did them, as if we were working as a team, regardless of our differences.

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Did UC Davis Discriminate Against Women?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Women, Sports, Women's Athletics, Education, California, Title IX, Courts, Sex Discrimination, Wresting, Sacramento, Uc Davis Title Ix, Discrimination, UC Davis, Gender, San Francisco News

SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal district court judge in California has ruled that the University of California at Davis violated Title IX, the law banning ...

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Title IX Cases Languish In Court, Report Says

nytimes.com | KATIE THOMAS | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Title Ix Sports, Title IX, Title Ix Anniversary, Title Ix Cases, Title Ix History, College News

In 1998, the University of Southern California was accused of denying its female students a fair chance at participating in sports. Thirteen years lat...

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Global Spotlight Shines on Women's Sports

Laurel J. Richie | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Women's Sports, Women's World Cup, Title IX, Wnba, WNBA All Star Game, Sports News

The WNBA is firmly entrenched on the global sports landscape. Games are broadcast in more than 200 countries and territories, the league trends strongly on Twitter on game nights, and it has become the destination for the most talented female players in the world.

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Fraternities: Disastrous for Free Speech on Campus?

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: University, Freedom of Association, First Amendment, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Title IX, College, Office for Civil Rights, Sexual Harassment, Free Speech, Speech Codes, Yale University, Fraternity, Higher Education, College News

Make no mistake, the dilemmas posed by fraternity incidents have ramifications far beyond Greek life. The free speech controversies posed by fraternities -- and the responses to them -- often threaten the free speech rights of all students.

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Worried That Boys' Programs Get Cut, Group Sues Education Dept. Over Title IX

AP | FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Education, Education Reform, Title IX, Department of Education, Jim Bradshaw, American Sports Council, Education News

WASHINGTON — A group of coaches, parents and others is suing the Education Department over how it determines whether high schools are complying ...

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My Husband Is Watching Other Women!

Marlo Thomas | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Title IX, Female Athletes, Women's Soccer, US Women's Soccer Team, Billie Jean King, Soccer, Marlo Thomas, US Women's Soccer, Women News

You think you know a guy after 31 years of marriage, but last week, I saw my husband break new ground.

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Women's World Cup, Title IX And What It Means For Girls

Cynthia Kounaris | Posted 09.16.2011

Read More: Sports, Women in Business, Title IX, Women's Issues, World Cup 2010, Women's World Cup 2011, Women News

Let's celebrate the women who fought for Title IX, the men who passed the legislation, the girls who thought "Hey, that looks like fun!", the parents who drove them to practice and the US women's soccer team.

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School's Out, Progress Is In

K. Sujata | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Girls, Summer Camp, Teenage Girls, Summer, Summer Vacation, Women's Sports, Gender Equality, Girls Rock! Chicago, Girls in the Game, Title IX, Chicago Foundation for Women, Fitness and Exercise, Project Exploration, Chicago News

This year we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Title IX, which bars sex discrimination in publicly funded programs. It has increased girls' access to public education, extracurricular programs and, yes, athletics, for which it's best known.

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Title IX and the Women's World Cup

Tracy Baim | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Sports, Title IX, Billie Jean King, Soccer, Women's World Cup, Women's Sports, Team Sports, Women's Soccer, Sports News

Watching the Women's World Cup, and the incredible U.S. quarterfinal win Sunday against Brazil, I am reminded just how important Title IX has been to the women's movement, and for me personally as a woman.

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Looking Back, Looking Forward: 40 Years Of Title IX

Billie Jean King | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Women's Sports, Women's Sports Foundation, Title IX, Billie Jean King, Sports News

This week is the 50th anniversary of my first championship win at Wimbledon, and the 40th anniversary year of Title IX, legislation that ensures equal access to both men and women in federally-funded educational programs and activities, including sports programs.

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