#gender-inclusion

#gender-inclusion

On a hot Saturday spring morning, Karabo Mashele urged a group of female cyclists up the hills of a plush Johannesburg suburb. Come on my ladybugs, the 32-year-old shouted over the sounds of 4X4 cars overtaking the riders. You can do hard things! Twice a month, Mashele, who only learned to cycle aged 29, leads Girls on Bikes casual rides for up to 25 women in their 20s and 30s, through Johannesburg or Pretoria.

Until recently, I worked at a feminist nonprofit. The founders were so assured in their politics that they placed the word "feminism" in the organization's name. This was when the work was a project-with no executive director, no board, no bylaws, and no expectation or even reason to uphold worker protections. Everybody was in it for the love of the mission, and it was wildly successful. As opportunities rolled in, the founders decided to institutionalize their feminist project by establishing a 501c3.

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced a policy change effectively barring transgender women from competing in women's sports following an executive order from President Donald Trump.

We've made it very clear: Only women in women's sports under Title IX, Bondi says in the video. An example in California? A boy who was in track and field. He would have lost every race, yet in women's sports, he won over three dozen medals. Those medals should be returned to the women.