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Today at Ms. | July 26, 2024
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In the 2024 Olympics, Afghan Women Defy the Taliban Ban on Women in Sports [[link removed]]
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Afghan cyclists (L to R) Yuldoz Hashimi, second place; winner Fariba Hashimi; and Zahra Rezayee, third place, pose on the podium of the 2022 women’s road cycling championships of Afghanistan in Aigle, Switzerland, on Oct. 23, 2022. In 2024, the sisters Yuldoz and Fariba Hashimi will be competing as Afghanistan’s first-ever representatives for cycling in the Olympics. (Valentin Flauraud / AFP via Getty Images)
BY PIPER DUNCAN | In September 2021—less than a month after the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan—the Taliban banned women and girls from participating in sports.
Three women and three men will represent Afghanistan in the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics, yet the Taliban has refused to acknowledge the female Afghan athletes playing for their home country.
Kimia Yousofi, one the three Afghan women Olympians, said she will be representing the “stolen dreams and aspirations” of women still under the Taliban’s gender apartheid.
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DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Allow Most of the New Sex Discrimination Rule to Go Into Effect [[link removed]]
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Student demonstrators protest against Katy ISD’s anti-transgender policy outside the school district’s educational support complex on Aug. 30, 2023, in Katy, Texas. (Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
BY CHRIS GEIDNER | The Justice Department went to the U.S. Supreme Court this week in defense of the Biden administration’s new Title IX sex discrimination rule that includes transgender protections—arguing strongly that the logic of the rule is “compelled” by the Court’s ruling in Bostock.
The rule, issued under Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, is set to go into effect on Aug. 1.
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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: Kamala Harris Takes the Torch; Rest in Power, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee; Will D.C. Get Ranked-Choice Voting This November? [[link removed]]
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BY CYNTHIA RICHIE TERRELL | Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation.
This week: remembering U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s leadership in protecting women from domestic violence and recognizing Juneteenth as a national holiday; For the first time in history, parent athletes competing in the Olympics now have access to a nursery in the Olympic Village; Alice Milliat was a pioneer who championed gender equality in the Olympics; Kamala Harris is the best candidate to compete against former President Trump; and more.
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In this episode, we’re joined by two co-hosts of the Webby Award-winning #SistersInLaw podcast to discuss where our nation stands as we approach the 2024 elections—from the ongoing trials faced by former president Donald Trump, to Nikki Haley, to the Supreme Court’s recent opinions and so much more.
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