NCWGE Hosts Press Briefing on Title IX (12/19/02)
On January 8, 2003, the Commission on Opportunities in Athletics will convene in Washington, D.C., and many of the members will make proposals to dismantle current Title IX athletics policies. This will have devastating consequences for the rights of women and girls across the nation, will conflict with basic requirements of Title IX, and will weaken the fundamental principles that underlie our nation's civil rights laws. Instead of approving the radical and destructive proposals currently on the table, the Commission should, as a whole, reaffirm that current Title IX policies are essential to enforcement of equal opportunity and must be maintained and more strongly enforced. Below is information about the press briefing.
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December 19 Opening Statements
(click on links below for speaker bios and each statement's text)
Opening Statement of Jacqueline Woods, American Association of University Women
Opening Statement of Jocelyn Samuels, National Women's Law Center
Opening Statement of Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Florida Coastal School of Law and Former President Women's Sports Foundation
Opening Statement of Athena Yiamouyiannis, National Association for Girls and Women in Sports
Opening Statement of Christine Grant, National Association of College Women Athletic Administrators
Opening Statement of Andrew Zimbalist, Smith College
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Title IX Press Briefings
BRIEFING PAPER NO. 1:
Current Title IX Policies are Essential to Implement
Title IX's Guarantee of Equal Opportunity
Click to download MS Word file <<pressbriefing1.doc>>
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BRIEFING PAPER NO. 2:
Title IX Commission: Inequities in the Process
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BRIEFING PAPER NO. 3:
Proposals Being Considered by the Commission on
Opportunity in Athletics Would Further Disadvantage Female Athletes and
Dismantle Title IX Protections
Click to download MS Word file <<pressbriefing3.doc>>
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BRIEFING PAPER NO. 4:
Fiscal Responsibility, Not Weakening Civil Rights
Law, is Key to Title IX Compliance and Deterring Institutions from
Discontinuing Some Men's Sports Teams
Click to download MS Word file <<pressbriefing4.doc>>
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BRIEFING PAPER NO. 5:
Frequently asked questions about NCAA statistics
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