Honolulu Civil Beat | Hawaii high school sports: Why gender inequalities persist @civilbeat | Uploaded February 2024 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
Some Hawaii female athletes still face gender inequalities in school sports, 52 years after a federal law mandating equal opportunities for boys and girls in school sports was signed into law. Eleven Hawaii schools were undergoing construction to their girls’ locker rooms, the state Department of Education said in a 2023 report.
But while DOE asked for nearly $14 million for gender equity projects, it didn’t get any funding last year. It’s asking for $6 million this year, and without that money, projects will face further delays.
“These are laws. These are not suggestions,” said Jill Nunokawa, a civil rights specialist at the University of Hawaii Manoa.
Read the story: civilbeat.org/?p=1628613
Some Hawaii female athletes still face gender inequalities in school sports, 52 years after a federal law mandating equal opportunities for boys and girls in school sports was signed into law. Eleven Hawaii schools were undergoing construction to their girls’ locker rooms, the state Department of Education said in a 2023 report.
But while DOE asked for nearly $14 million for gender equity projects, it didn’t get any funding last year. It’s asking for $6 million this year, and without that money, projects will face further delays.
“These are laws. These are not suggestions,” said Jill Nunokawa, a civil rights specialist at the University of Hawaii Manoa.
Read the story: civilbeat.org/?p=1628613
