Sex testing
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IOC establishes genetic testing as a requirement in a policy driven by politics not scientific evidence
Today, on March 26th the IOC established genetic testing as a requirement for competing in the female category in a policy driven by politics not scientific evidence. The new policy, entitled “Protection of the Female (Women’s) Category in Olympic Sport” endorses mandatory genetic screening for women athletes. The IOC praises its new policy to be
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OII Europe strongly condemns the hate speech against two athletes competing in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris
Hateful attacks against athletes Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting fueled by sports federations’ sex testing practices. “Every person has the right to practise sport without discrimination” International Olympic Committee OII Europe strongly condemns the hate speech against two athletes competing in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The hateful rhetoric centres around speculations about their
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Category: Woman – Documentary
We are happy to be presenting partners together with Human Rights Watch for the documentary Category: Woman. It premieres on Friday, 17 March 2023 in London during the Human Rights Watch Film Festival. Category: Woman is an urgent documentary highlighting the policing of women’s bodies in sport – and what happens when sexism and racism
Tags: athletes, discrimination, Documentary, Film, human rights violations, Olympics, Racism, Sex testing, sport, Sports
