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High School Sports: Girls Losing Gender Equity Game

Three teamates listen at halftime to their coach (stock image)

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2012.  While opportunities for girls to participate in high school sports increased during the 1990s, progress toward gender equity slowed and, perhaps, even reversed direction during the 2000s, according to a new report.

The report, released today by the Sport, Health and Activity Research and Policy Center for Women and Girls (SHARP)—a collaboration between the University of Michigan and Women’s Sports Foundation—provides insight into the state of high school athletics and the…

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