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WHY. ATLANTA-SYDNEY + “All forms of discrimination with respect " to a country or a person, whether for "reasons of race, religion, politics, sex "or any other, are incompatible with the "Olympic Movement.” (Olympic Charter ). Why no Afghan women Why no Saudi Arabian women
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WHY ATLANTA-SYDNEY + “All forms of discrimination with respect" to a country or a person, whether for"reasons of race, religion, politics, sex"or any other, are incompatible with the "Olympic Movement.” (Olympic Charter) Why no Afghan women Why no Saudi Arabian women Why no Sudanese women Why no Somali women Why no Kuwaiti women etc…. AT THE OLYMPICS? Did you know that 26 nations had no female athletes at the Atlanta games in 1996 ? How many will they be in Sydney? ATLANTA-SYDNEY + “All forms of discrimination with respect" to a country or a person, whether for"reasons of race, religion, politics, sex"or any other, are incompatible with the "Olympic Movement.” (Olympic Charter) Gender representation in NOC delegations Atlanta 1996 Nations with no female athletes Africa (10) Botswana Djibouti Guinea-Bissau Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Mauritania Rwanda Senegal Somalia Sudan Togo America (3) Aruba Grenada Haiti Asia (11) Afghanistan Brunei Brunei Darussalem Iraq Saudi Arabia Kuwait Oman Palestine Qatar United Arab Emirates Yemen Europe (0) Oceania (2) Nauru Papua New Guinea