There is nothing “kind” about a woman being told to “dial it down” when it comes to her safety.
In 1987, women’s boxing pioneer Marian Trimiar went on a hunger strike to campaign for improved working conditions for female boxers, television coverage and equal pay. Born in the Bronx of New York, Trimiar was a fearless advocate for women’s sport and one of the first women granted a licence to compete in her home state when she, and fellow boxers, launched lawsuits after being denied the chance to box on the grounds of their gender.
As she dropped to the canvas and broke down in tears, I felt like weeping along with her and her realisation that years of hard work, sacrifice and the wish to honour her late father had come to an end in potentially unjust fashion.Facing public pressure to withdraw ahead of the fight Speaking to BBC Sport at the time, Andrew Kamanga, president of the Football Association of Zambia, said: “All the players had to undergo gender verification, a CAF requirement, and unfortunately Banda did not meet the criteria set by CAF.”
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