Mainstream WeeklyJuly 11, 2021
Like the proverbial whack-a-mole, the Olympic sex test keeps coming back — with disastrous effects for women athletes across the globe — no matter how many times athletes and human rights’ advocates think they have abolished it.
The test was introduced in the 1930s to weed out “abnormal women athletes” from the Olympics. The first test was a physical examination.
During the 1960s, when women began to object to the test’s “nude parades,” which set a limit of 10 nanomoles (…)
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Sex testing at the Olympics should be abolished once and for all | Bruce Kidd
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Heavy-handedness by the state authorities in Uttar Pradesh with respect to media - EGI Statement
16 July 2021The Editors Guild of India
PRESS STATEMENT
July 12th, 2021
Editors Guild of India is deeply disturbed by the continuing trend of heavy-handedness by the state authorities in Uttar Pradesh with respect to journalists and media. The latest incident is that of an assault on a journalist by the Chief Development Officer (CDO), in the district of Unnao, UP, on July 10, 2021, when the former was covering polling for Block Pramukh elections. In a video that has gone viral on social media, (…)