воскресенье, 4 марта 2012 г.

Olympics promoting UN goal of equality for women

The International Olympic Committee said Tuesday it will be promoting the U.N. goal of equality for women and will be pressing Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei to send female athletes to the Olympics for the first time when London hosts the games in 2012.

Anita DeFrantz, who heads the IOC's women and sports commission, said there are 205 national Olympic committees, but those three countries are the only ones that have never sent women athletes to the games.

"We keep asking them why not, why not," she told a news conference. "We've been very specific about the importance of having women take part in the Olympic movement in all the national …

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