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<b><u>From UN Womens Round Network:</u></b></div>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://www.unwomen.org/en/paris-2024-olympics-new-era-for-women-in-sport" id="OWAad0182c1-902a-7f0e-79d2-d6f01abaaf81" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://www.unwomen.org/en/paris-2024-olympics-new-era-for-women-in-sport</a></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: black;"><b><i>Paris 2024 Olympics: A New Era for Women
in Sport</i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>The game is changing. For the first time in history, the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games will see
an equal number of men and women competing. This 50:50 representation of athletes makes the Summer Games the first to reach gender equality.</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(24, 24, 24);">Progress does not stop there. With an expected global audience of 3 billion, this year’s Games will feature
equal prime time coverage of all events, putting all athletes in the spotlight. The Games will also feature more women’s and mixed events, offering more opportunities for women to win medals. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 27pt; color: black;"><b>The rise of women's sport in numbers</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><img alt="illustration of a female athlete" id="x_Picture_x0020_2" width="653" height="653" style="width: 6.8055in; height: 6.8055in; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" src="cid:image002.png@01DAD2E7.7922C0D0"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 60pt; color: black;"><b>50%</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">of competing athletes at the Paris Games are women.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><img alt="illustration of female athletes in the media" id="x_Picture_x0020_3" width="1133" height="1133" style="width: 11.8055in; height: 11.8055in; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" src="cid:image003.png@01DAD2E7.7922C0D0"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 60pt; color: black;"><b>70%</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">of people
<u><a href="https://paritynow.co/report-2024-parity-surveymonkey" id="OWAfafd1691-82c3-ac18-9329-33c75b66020c" class="OWAAutoLink" title="now watch women's sport" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">watch
women’s sport,</a></u> but only <u><a href="https://www.teamwass.com/news/wassermans-the-collective-from-the-shadows-to-the-spotlight/" id="OWA90be8362-5c12-c453-2599-8a105d4b7108" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">16% of
2022 sports media coverage was of women’s sports</a></u>. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><img alt="illustration of a female athlete" id="x_Picture_x0020_4" width="998" height="998" style="width: 10.4027in; height: 10.4027in; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" src="cid:image004.png@01DAD2E7.7922C0D0"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 60pt; color: black;"><b>14%</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><u><a href="https://worldathletics.org/women-in-athletics/news/research-shift-media-coverage-gender-imbalance" id="OWAdcf602d7-d468-c07f-91f5-29bff116c474" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">larger
social media following than male athletes</a></u> but women still get less coverage.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 27pt; color: rgb(24, 24, 24);"><b>Change the game</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 27pt; color: black;"><b>Facts and figures: Women in sport</b></span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Get the facts on women in sport with our latest deep dive into the state of gender
equality in the sports world.</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Explore the highs that female athletes have reached as well as the gaps that persist,
from pay equity to ensuring that women can play in a safe environment. This analysis is a testament to the strides that women have made towards gender equality in the world of sport.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://www.unwomen.org/en/paris-2024-olympics-new-era-for-women-in-sport/facts-and-figures-women-in-sport" id="OWA7da3d356-c7b7-295a-04be-6f9cf4757fb6" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="Stela attends the eighth grade and her dream is to become a world boxing champion. Photo: UN Women Moldova/ Diana Savina." title=""Link toFacts and figures: Women in sportpage"" width="31" height="31" style="width: 0.3333in; height: 0.3333in; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" src="cid:image006.png@01DAD2E7.864D4460"></a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 27pt; color: black;"><b>Five things to know about women and sport</b></span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Women's sports are on a winning streak, reaching new heights and shattering records.
From the Olympics achieving gender parity to the growing audience for women's sports, there is much to celebrate and explore. Yet many gender gaps remain.</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Here are five key things to know about women and sport.</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.75pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: white; background-color: rgb(3, 151, 214);"><b><u><a href="https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/explainer/2024/07/five-things-to-know-about-women-and-sport" id="OWA9d33552c-daf4-c370-ee3a-8cc7dee2d4ad" class="OWAAutoLink" title="Read more" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: white; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">READ
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 27pt; color: black;"><b>#ChangeTheGame</b></span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Are you ready to be part of something big?</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Start today and join us in celebrating the first gender equal Games in history with
the #ChangeTheGame hashtag.</span></p>
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