AIRLINK 65.99 Increased By ▲ 3.79 (6.09%)
BOP 6.14 Decreased By ▼ -0.09 (-1.44%)
CNERGY 4.98 Decreased By ▼ -0.01 (-0.2%)
DFML 15.07 Increased By ▲ 0.17 (1.14%)
DGKC 66.97 Decreased By ▼ -2.02 (-2.93%)
FCCL 17.30 Decreased By ▼ -0.43 (-2.43%)
FFBL 25.00 Increased By ▲ 0.40 (1.63%)
FFL 9.22 Increased By ▲ 0.01 (0.11%)
GGL 10.01 Increased By ▲ 0.11 (1.11%)
HBL 109.01 Increased By ▲ 0.51 (0.47%)
HUBC 117.50 Increased By ▲ 1.00 (0.86%)
HUMNL 6.65 Decreased By ▼ -0.05 (-0.75%)
KEL 4.44 Decreased By ▼ -0.02 (-0.45%)
KOSM 4.64 Decreased By ▼ -0.08 (-1.69%)
MLCF 36.10 Decreased By ▼ -0.80 (-2.17%)
OGDC 122.41 Decreased By ▼ -0.89 (-0.72%)
PAEL 22.45 Increased By ▲ 0.01 (0.04%)
PIAA 23.89 Increased By ▲ 1.67 (7.52%)
PIBTL 5.80 Increased By ▲ 0.05 (0.87%)
PPL 110.30 Decreased By ▼ -0.60 (-0.54%)
PRL 27.65 Increased By ▲ 0.08 (0.29%)
PTC 15.25 Increased By ▲ 1.06 (7.47%)
SEARL 53.30 Increased By ▲ 0.05 (0.09%)
SNGP 63.30 Decreased By ▼ -0.45 (-0.71%)
SSGC 10.89 Decreased By ▼ -0.11 (-1%)
TELE 9.34 Increased By ▲ 0.39 (4.36%)
TPLP 10.70 Decreased By ▼ -0.03 (-0.28%)
TRG 71.40 Increased By ▲ 1.10 (1.56%)
UNITY 24.60 Increased By ▲ 0.40 (1.65%)
WTL 1.36 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
BR100 6,745 Increased By 46.6 (0.7%)
BR30 22,659 Increased By 40.6 (0.18%)
KSE100 65,387 Increased By 496 (0.76%)
KSE30 21,695 Increased By 159 (0.74%)

U.S. pop singer Pink has offered to pay a fine given to the Norwegian female beach handball team for wearing shorts instead of the required bikini bottoms.

Pink said she was “very proud” of the team for protesting against the rule that prevented them from wearing shorts like their male counterparts.

In a tweet posted on Sunday, Pink said: “The European handball federation SHOULD BE FINED FOR SEXISM. Good on ya, ladies.” She added that “I’ll be happy to pay your fines for you. Keep it up.”

Germany's gymnastics team, tired of sexualisation, wears unitard

At the European Beach Handball Championships in Bulgaria last week, Norway’s female team was fined 1,500 euros ($1,770) for what the European federation called improper clothing and “a breach of clothing regulations.” The rules stipulate that women must wear bikini bottoms while men wear shorts.

The Norwegian Handball Federation didn’t contest the decision, seen by the Norwegian team and several others as unfair, and announced earlier that it was ready to pay the fine.

The European Handball Federation acknowledged the commotion that the incident had triggered in media outlets and social media, and said Monday that it would donate the amount paid by the Norwegian Handball Federation “to a major international sports foundation which supports equality for women and girls in sports”.

US teen Lydia Jacoby wins Olympic women's 100m breaststroke gold

“We are very much aware of the attention the topic has received over the past days, and while changes cannot happen overnight, we are fully committed that something good comes out of this situation right now which is why the EHF has donated the fine for a good cause promoting equality in sports, ” European Handball Federation President Michael Wiederer said in a statement.

Wiederer said that handball already was ahead of other sports in some respects, such as the parity given to the men’s and women’s competitions. He said such parity had been achieved in beach handball much sooner than it had in soccer, for example.

The Norwegian women posted a photograph of themselves on Instagram wearing shorts and told their followers: “Thank you so much for all the support. We really appreciate all the love we have received.”

Comments

Comments are closed.