13-09-2012

Gender equality in women’s canoeing: links to media

On this page you will find a selection of articles and other kind of publications in the media that discuss the topic of gender equality in women's canoeing. If there is something you would like to add to this overview please contact Sportscene: especially if it provides a different angle or new development to the theme.

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February 2014 | RCC | ICF invites discussion on K2 200m future - The International Canoe Federation appeared to open the door to a discussion about what events it should ditch from the Olympic canoe-kayak programme to make way for a new women’s canoe event in 2020.

February 2014 | RCC | ICF to drop men’s K2 200m from Olympics - The International Canoe Federation has voted to drop mens K2 (kayak pairs) 200m sprint racing from the Olympic programme to make way for a new women’s canoe event.

November 2013 | Sportscene | Rio Olympic programme proposal: A STEP BACK - Canoeing is an Olympic sport. Canoe slalom and sprint are the Olympic disciplines of canoeing. What does it mean to be an Olympic sport? It means a lot of things but from a practical point of view it means the sport signs the Olympic charter. By choosing to be Olympic, canoeing chooses to respect this charter.

November 2013 | Sportscene | “Fox slams ICF over Olympic plan” - Richard Fox has warned the decision not to seek earlier change for the 2016 Rio Games will further highlight the poor deal the sport gives women at the Olympics.

November 2013 | ICF | C1 Women’s Canoe Events Proposed for Tokyo Olympics - At the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Board of Directors meeting in Lima, Peru, motions were carried to support the inclusion of C1 Women Canoe Slalom and C1 Women 200m Canoe Sprint at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, and to guarantee complete gender equity across both Olympic disciplines (Sprint and Slalom) by the 2024 Olympic Games.

October 2013 | Around the Rings | Women Push for More Status in Canoe Federation - Female canoeists say they need more opportunities for leadership in the International Canoe Federation -- as well as greater participation in the Olympic Games.

August 2013 | The Australian | Jessica Fox lobbying for equality in canoeing - Twelve months on and Fox took gold in K1 and C1 at last weekend's slalom world cup in Tacen, Slovenia - a feat no woman has done, although Britain's Dave Florence has done it in the men's.

July 2013 | Australian Canoeing | Gender equity at risk in Rio - President and Barcelona silver medallist, Danielle Woodward, told the International Canoe Federation by letter this week it needed to act quickly to include at least one more event for female athletes on its Rio 2016 program.

July 2013 | Huffington Post | The Ascent Of Women - The economist Jeffrey Sachs, spearheading the United Nations Millennium Development Project, claims that the status of women is directly related to the economy: where one is flourishing, so is the other; where one is in the ditch, so is the other.

July 2013 | IOC | Extraordinary IOC Session - The EB discussed the topic of possible modifications to disciplines, events, quotas and competition formats at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and reiterated that any request from International Federations (IFs) that would result in a higher number of athletes or increased number of medals, thereby adding to the cost and complexity of the Games, would not be considered.

June 2013 | CBC Sports | Women's canoeing should have place in Olympics - While the 2012 London Olympics were touted as "the women's Games," dig a little deeper and you will find about 1,100 fewer athlete quota spots for women overall.

March 2013 | Richard Fox | An Olympic point of view - Others, including the IOC Executive Board members who voted to remove Canoeing from the Olympic program, may take a different view. Canoeing was exposed in the IOC evaluation process because of its poor standing in terms of gender diversity.

February 2013 | COPAC | Women’s C1 on the XVII Pan American Games in Toronto 2015 - I am pleased to announce that PASO approved the Sprint and Slalom Competition Programmes submitted by COPAC for the “XVII Pan American Games, Toronto 2015” with the inclusion of the C1 women event for both disciplines.

February 2013 | Elaine Keene | Women’s Canoe - Long Overdue - An In-Depth Analysis as to Why Women’s Canoe Isn’t in the Olympics

January 2013 | Emma MacIntosh | Video message - In late 2012, the International Canoe Federation voted once again to leave women's sprint canoe out of the 2016 Olympics in Rio, Brazil. We wanted to show them just how many people really care about gender equity not only in our sport but in all sports.

December 2012 | Steve Giles | Olympic Program Held Hostage - Recently we were informed that the ICF has decided to make no changes to the Olympic Program for 2016. The more I think about it, the more I see this as a good decision. In fact, it should not even be possible for the ICF to make changes to the ICF program less than four years from an Olympics.

November 2012 | The Australian | Canoe slalom silver medallist Jessica Fox to press case for gender equality - OLYMPIC canoe slalom silver medallist Jessica Fox may be paddling upstream but she's determined to press the case for gender equality in her sport at the next Olympic Games in Rio.

November 2012 | Jonathan Males | Reflection on the 2013 ICF Congress - The recent ICF Congress in St Petersburg marks another chapter in the on-going push for gender equality in canoe-sport. The immediate aftermath to the congress has been described as a ‘global outrage’ – prompting an explanatory statement from ICF President Jose Perurena.

November 2012 | ICF | ICF Clarifies Position on Women’s Canoe Category and Gender Equity - The International Canoe Federation (ICF) would like to clarify its position on the Women’s Canoe category, in light of the incorrect conclusions drawn from the ICF Congress held in St. Petersburg, Russia. *** ICF HAS TAKEN THE ARTICLE OFF LINE ***

AROUND THE RINGS | ICF Clarifies Position on Women's Canoe Category and Gender Equity

Download ICF Equity Charter

November 2012 | Ben Brown | ICF say no to women’s C1 in Rio 2016 - It’s very easy to blame inequality for this decision, but in reality would it be a huge ‘step forward’ for our sport, to include this minority discipline in the Olympics, when it’s potentially not ready for it?

November 2012 | CanoeKayak Canada (CKC) | Standing up for gender equity - CKC Commodore, Peter Giles delivered these remarks this morning at the International Canoe Federation's Congress in Saint Petersburg, Russia. CKC will continue to push this issue internationally despite a disappointing proposal by the International Canoe Federation to hold the Olympic program unchanged in 2016.

November 2012 | Nick Harding | Upstream battle for Olympic canoe gender equality - In an Olympiad of so many gender revelations, canoeing remained unbalanced in London with females losing out 2:1 in the sprint with eight male categories to four and 3:1 in the slalom. Serious questions need to be raised before Rio 2016.

November 2012 | Mike Druce | Towards gender equality in canoe slalom in 2016 - Currently at the Olympic Games in Canoe Slalom it is only possible for one female athlete per nation to compete out of a possible 5 athletes. Can the sport make steps towards gender equity before the next Olympics?

October 2012 | Sportscene | Jessica Fox on inequality in women's Olympic canoe - Sportscene Director Rob interviewed charismatic Jessica 'Jess' Fox, London 2012 K1 slalom silver-medallist, in La Seu d'Urgell at the third World Cup Canoe Slalom about her thoughts on the gender equality issue surrounding Olympic women's canoe disciplines.

August 2012 | Royal Canoe Club | Women’s canoe fight gains traction - Efforts by British canoeist Samantha Rippington to achieve sex equality in canoeing events at the Olympic Games appear to be winning high-level support. It also appears that the International Canoe Federation is now finally behind the battle for equality between the sexes.

August 2012 | Huffington Post | Unequal Olympics: An Open Letter to Jacques Rogge - Dear Jacques Rogge & the International Olympic Committee. The IOC should enforce the Olympic Charter & prohibit discrimination. Rightly and commendably, the Olympic Charter forbids discrimination in sport.

August 2012 | Yahoo Sport | Canoeing chief vows to address issue of equality - On the face of it, canoe sprint had everything going for it at the London Olympics, leaving the sport in good shape heading into the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016. There is one thorny issue, however, that still needs to be addressed - equality.

August 2012 | Sportscene | ICF President José Perurena López addresses gender equality in Canoeing at London 2012 - Top on his list of priority is leveling the playing field in terms of gender representation in both Canoe Sprint and Canoe Slalom, the two Canoeing disciplines contested at the Olympic Games.

August 2012 | On Line Opinion | Olympic canoes - no place for a woman? - 'All I am asking is that LOCOG answer two simple questions: Is it discriminatory for there to be five men's Olympic canoe events but none for women? Should that situation continue?'

August 2012 | Buzzle | Female Olympians and the Fight for Fairness - In the 2012 Olympics, many fan favorites are women. But this is new - very new. Most of the Olympics have been closed to women for most of the history of the games, and it was only twelve years ago that women had to prove their gender to compete.

July 2012 | New York Times | A Female Canoeist Files a Discrimination Claim - Competitive canoeist Samantha Rippington filed a challenge Thursday against the London Organizing Committee claiming that the lack of women’s canoeing events at the Olympics constitutes discrimination against women.

July 2012 | Reuters | Women campaigners demand sex equality at the Olympics - Women's rights campaigners called on Wednesday for an end to sex discrimination at the Olympics, urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ensure there are equal numbers of sports and medals for men and women.

July 2012 | WNN | European Women’s Lobby requests equality for women athletes at 2012 Olympics - In a concentrated effort to bring attention to discrimination against women in sports, 60 women delegates from Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia rallied in London this week to demand: “London 2012: Justice for Women – an end to gender discrimination at the Olympics.”

July 2012 | Mercury | French canoe slalom coach slams lack of equality in Olympic competition - The wife of canoe slalom veteran Richard Fox has called for more equality in the sport, criticising the Olympics for failing to include more events for women.

July 2012 | WomenCan International | Why isn't women's canoe in the Olympics? - Abby Hoffman, the famous Canadian sports icon wrote the following in the Ottawa Citizen in reference to the 1996 Olympic Games...

Ongoing | WomenCan International | Myths versus Facts - Myth: The ICF would like to point out that on a global scale, few National Federations are developing the Women’s Canoe category in the Canoe Sprint discipline whereas much progress is being made in the development of the Women’s Canoe category in Canoe Slalom.

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