Olympic Champion Speaks About Gender Issues in Sports

We have celebrated the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. However, progress has been slow in many parts of the world, and global action is needed to accelerate gender parity. Leaders around the world are committing to act as advocates for gender equality—not just on International Women's Day, but every day. Individuals continue to demonstrate support in their spheres of influence, in the world of sports and in the world of medicine, in clinics, teaching, and research. In this article, they will focus on understanding the differences between the sexes, such as the metabolic differences between men and women, which include muscle structure, glucose utilization, oxidative metabolism of fatty acids, and hormonal actions on muscle. These differences can be important in athlete training, considering the perspective of health, well-being, and disease. Gender-based medicine, however, should be managed not as women's medicine, but as medicine that cares for the person.

READ THE ARTICLE: Olympic champion Sara Simeoni talks about gender barriers in sports and medicine: culture, opportunities and resources.

IMAGE: Sara Simeoni in 1976, 'Montreal 76 Olympic Games' (Panini sticker #132).
BY: Panini, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons