A proposal from the International Canoe Federation (ICF) to include two women’s canoe single events in the 2020 Olympics has left Australian Canoe Slalom World Champion Jessica Fox “unimpressed.” She was angered by the November 15, 2013 ICF news release claiming its 2020 decision should “certainly please” her. The release included a photograph of Fox (in […]

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Felicitaciones a todos los palistas en el 2013 Juegos Bolivarianos! Congratulations to all of the paddlers at the 2013 Bolivarian Games - held in Trujillo, Peru. We saw new female canoeists - including from Venezuela! Outstanding performances by all to end your extraordinary 2013 season. The Americas is a force to be reckoned with in […]

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Is the ICF Open to Change? Article by Keith Lyons. http://keithlyons.me/open-to-change/ His exhortation for the ICF to be much more pro-active in change: “I do think we have an important window of conscience available to us in canoeing. We should mind the gender gap as a moral imperative. ‘Mind’ in the sense of thinking deeply […]

World Slalom Canoe Champion Jessica Fox (AUS) slams the International Canoe Federation over misleading statements in their recent press release about their proposal to add women’s canoe events for Tokyo2020. She also protests the use of her image to validate their misleading claims. “As a C1 woman, to know it will be in the Olympics […]

Women’s Canoe = #READY4RIO2016! Richard Fox “… high level female athletes continue to be significantly restricted in their access to canoeing events in the Olympic Games relative to men and will have to wait another seven years to see any change. “…we cannot ignore the potential effects of continued gender discrimination throughout this Olympic cycle […]

International Canoe Federation (ICF) announces they will propose C1 (singles canoe) Women’s Canoe Events for Tokyo 2020 Olympics - for the Sprint and Slalom disciplines. #equalympics #womenscanoe https://www.change.org/petitions/lift-the-ban-on-women-s-canoeing-at-the-olympics-for-rio-2016. Current Olympic Program has: Sprint: 5 Men’s Kayak, 4 Women’s Kayak, 3 Men’s Canoe, 0 Women’s Canoe Slalom: 1 Men’s Kayak, 1 Women’s […]

WomenCAN International participated in the 8th Annual Play the Game Conference in Aarhus, Denmark, October 28-31, 2013. Approximately 350 journalists, scientists and sport officials from 38 countries joined this world communication forum for discussion and debate on sport and society. The conference title was ‘Stepping Up for Democracy in Sport’. This was a new audience for […]