Leveling the Playing Field for Female Athletes
Our primary focus is Title IX – awareness and education for athletic program administrators, parents, and athletes.
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Title IX and College Sports
Is your school treating women fairly? That’s a good question. Champion Women has taken the athletic department data that colleges and universities report to the Department of Education and made it user-friendly. We’ve crunched the numbers and calculated how far off schools are from gender equality in scholarship dollars, participation opportunities, and benefits (using recruiting spending as a proxy). We’ve given every school a pass/fail grade for each of those categories, and an overall pass/fail grade for each school. Visit the full site for this project: TitleIXSchools.com Read here for Champion Women’s Comments to Department of Education, June 10, 2021. A school must pass all three categories to pass overall – because there’s no such thing as “partial” equality. …there’s no such thing as “partial” equality… In the table linked below, you’ll find the numbers and our gender equality assessment for all post-secondary schools that submitted complete EADA data for 2018-2019. It should be noted that the pass/fail indications on this table cannot possibly capture the full picture of Title IX compliance. The data in this table can make it easier to assess whether a school is providing equal participation opportunities and scholarship dollars. The Department of Education’s Title IX regulations require that recipients of Federal financial assistance that operate or sponsor interscholastic, intercollegiate, club or intramural athletics must provide equal athletic opportunities for members of both sexes. This includes: the provision of equipment and supplies; scheduling of games and practice time; travel and per diem allowances; opportunity for coaching and academic tutoring; assignment and compensation of coaches and tutors; provision of locker rooms, and practice and competitive facilities;...“America needs a women’s sports organization with the unique and sole focus of strong advocacy against the inequality of women and girls in sport…Champion Women can be that organization. I am proud to be associated with Champion Women.”
Richard Lapchick“I’m very excited to join Nancy Hogshead-Makar as a pioneer in advocacy for girls and women…I have no doubt, we will make a difference in the desperately neglected sexual abuse problem faced by women athletes.”
Micki KingSupport Equality for Women and Girls in Sport
Champion Women’s Education, Advocacy, Research, and Leadership programs are made possible by individual and corporate contributions. Join us in leveling the playing field for girls and women.