Why the 2024 Paris Olympics are pivotal for gender equity in amateur and recreational sports
July 15, 2024
The Paris Olympics have made some high-profile announcements around gender equity, making these the first Games with full numerical gender parity on the playing field. The Games will have a nursery in the Olympic village in which athletes may breastfeed, and organizers have scheduled the women’s marathon as the final event of the games, in a prime-time spot previously reserved for the men’s marathon.
In this article, hear from Dr. Andrea Bundon, an Associate Professor at the UBC School of Kinesiology who studies the sociology of gender and disability in sport, and Olympian Malindi Elmore, head coach of UBC Okanagan Heat Athletics cross-country team as they discuss how Olympic and Paralympic initiatives can help advance sports at lower levels, and how there’s more to be done.
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