Women's rights articles
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U.S Official: China’s Government is Hiding Labor and Human Rights Violations
The Chinese government is undermining workplace audits in China to hide human and labor rights violations, according to a U.S. Labor Department official. Thea Lee, the Labor Department’s deputy undersecretary for international affairs, testified to Congress on Tuesday that workplace audits in China are extremely unreliable. Audits are often announced ahead of time, which gives
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Team GB’s women’s gymnastics head coach leaves before Paris Olympics
David Kenwright oversaw team medal at Tokyo in 2021Coach hails ‘lasting positive impact for our sport’David Kenwright has left his role as the head coach of Great Britain’s women’s gymnastics team less than 100 days before the start of the Paris Olympics.Kenwright’s departure, after seven years in the post, also comes on the eve of the start of the women’s European artistic gymnastics championships in Rimini, Italy. Continue reading
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‘Hometown Hawkeye’: Solon’s Callie Levin to the Iowa women’s basketball program
When Callie Levin was in sixth grade, she would tag along with her sister for basketball practice with coach Darryl Moore’s Court 45 training program. Levin wasn’t working with Moore yet, but she would substitute in if there was a player missing. Even while playing against girls two or three years older than her, Moore