WSPWG in the News

The Sexist and Racist Greedy Takeover of College Sports
2025-04-16, by Donna Lopiano

Testimony to Massachusetts Joint Committee on Education
2025-04-29, by the Women’s Sports Policy Working Group

Access to Female Athletes’ Locker Rooms Should Be Restricted to Female Athletes
2025-01-24, by the Women’s Sports Policy Working Group

Ahead of the NCAA Convention, Women’s Rights Groups Demand NCAA Make Immediate Changes to Keep Women’s Collegiate Sports Female
2025-01-09, by Our Bodies, Our Sports

In Support of Harris/Walz Ticket
2024-10, by the Women’s Sports Policy Working Group

The International Consortium on Female Sport (ICFS) calls upon the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to restore safety and fairness for female athletes
2024-11, Letter from WSPWG and other organizations to the IOC

Comments from WSPWG & ICONS to the International Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Regarding Self-ID
2024-04-08, by the Women’s Sports Policy Working Group

Mariah Burton Nelson Launches Stronger Women
2024-03-31

Comments to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls in Sport
2024-03-28, by the Women’s Sports Policy Working Group

Open Letter to USA Today
2024-03-24, The Female Category, by Mariah Burton Nelson

Listen to the Voices of Female Athletes
2024-01-17 by Donna Lopiano, in Forbes

Open Letter to the National Women’s Law Center
2024-01-02, by the Women’s Sports Policy Working Group

Pre-Puberty, Children Show Marked Differences in Sport Performance
2024-01-01, by the Women’s Sports Policy Working Group

WSPWG Updated Position
2023-07-01, by the Women’s Sports Policy Working Group

WSPWG and Champion Women Submit Comments to Biden Admin: Female Sports are for Females
2023-05-15, by the Women’s Sports Policy Working Group

Tennis Legend Martina Navratilova on Lia Thomas, Female Athletes’ Rights to Female-Only Spaces (podcast)
2023-05-03, Martina Navratilova Interview with Julie Bindel

Olympic Champion Calls on Parents to Protect Women’s Sports: ‘Wake up, mothers and fathers’ (TV)
2023-04-18, Donna de Varona’s interview with Fox News in Washington Examiner

Five Years Later: What I’ve Learned About Women and Men in Sports
2023-08-30, by Martina Navratilova, published by Genspect

Seven Good Reasons Girls and Women Need Federally Protected, Sex-Segregated Sports
2025-03-03, by the Women’s Sports Policy Working Group

“Misogyny in pure form”: Martina Navratilova expresses anger at accusation of transphobia in swimming
2023-05-12, Sportskeeda

Olympic Champion Donna de Varona Responds to Lia Thomas’ Feminism Comments
2023-04-26, Interview with Donna de Varona, TMZ

Donna de Varona Tells Brian Kilmeade Moms and Dads Need to Speak up to Protect Fairness in Women’s Sports
2023-04-17, Interview with Donna de Varona, Fox News

Transgender Athletes in Competitive Sports: How to Balance Inclusivity and Fairness: a written debate
2023-03-29, Mariah Burton Nelson debates Teresa Smallwood in Divided We Fall

The Women’s Sports Policy Working Group and Champion Women Praise World Athletics’ New Rules Affirming the Women’s Sport Category (Press Release)
2023-03-24, by the Women’s Sports Policy Working Group

Women’s Sports Policy Working Group Endorses American Swimming Coaches Association’s Position and Encourages NCAA to Revise Its Transgender Guidelines
2022-01-18, by the Women’s Sports Policy Working Group

“Donna deVarona:  Transgender Swimming Dialogue Must Continue – ‘It’s Complicated and People Don’t Like Complicated’”
2022-01-04, Interview with Donna de Varona, Swimming World Magazine

Martina Navratilova: Trans Ban Means the ‘World is Finally Waking Up’
2023-03-27, by Martina Navratilova, The Times

Access to Female Athletes’ Locker Rooms Should Be Restricted to Female Athletes
2025-01-24, by the Women’s Sports Policy Working Group