{"id":171,"date":"2011-04-18T06:58:05","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T06:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/?p=171"},"modified":"2019-03-28T01:02:42","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T01:02:42","slug":"womens-world-surfing-champ-boycotts-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/womens-world-surfing-champ-boycotts-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s World Surfing Champ Boycotts China"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/a>Women\u2019s Rights Without Frontiers applauds Cori Schumacher, the reigning Women\u2019s World Longboard Surfing Champion.\u00a0 Schumacher is boycotting the 2011 World Tour on moral grounds, because one of the events will be held in China. \u00a0Citing a hearing before the United States Congress Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, Schumacher wrote the following to the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP):<\/p>\n

\u201cI have deep political and personal reservations with being a part of any sort of benefit to a country that actively engages in human rights violations, specifically those in violation of women. The ASP\u2019s reconnaissance of possible sites in China for events last year and its first ASP event in China followed an important US congressional hearing on China\u2019s \u201cOne Child Policy,\u201d a policy sanctioned by the Chinese government that is implicated in gendercide, sexual slavery, forced sterilization and forced abortions. (http:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/index.php?nav=congressional<\/a>)\u201d<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Rights Without Frontiers issues the following statement:<\/p>\n

\u201cTo Ms. Schumacher: You are a woman of tremendous courage, conviction and backbone — a shining light not only to female athletes, but to all women who are struggling for basic human dignity, all over the world.\u00a0 Your decision to boycott the ASP 2011 World Tour comes at a price. \u00a0Your sacrifice is a great inspiration to the women of China and has been publicized there widely.\u00a0 You embody the highest ideals of athleticism \u2013 not only outstanding achievement in your sport, but also a consummate moral vision that finds expression in courageous and self-sacrificing action.\u00a0 We salute you.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo the ASP:\u00a0 China\u2019s One Child Policy is enforced through forced abortion, forced sterilization and infanticide.\u00a0 It is also a driving force behind gendercide, sexual slavery, and female suicide.\u00a0 It causes more violence towards women and girls than any other official policy on earth and any other official policy in the history of the world.\u00a0 Why are you dignifying this brutality by holding your tournament in China?\u00a0 Read the Congressional Testimony of forced abortion victim Wujian and watch the four minute video, \u201cStop Forced Abortion in China!\u201d \u00a0Then do the right thing:\u00a0 move your tournament to the shores of a land whose waves are not awash in the blood of women.\u201d<\/p>\n

Relevant Links:<\/p>\n

Congressional Testimony of Forced Abortion Victim Wujian:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/index.php?nav=wujian<\/a><\/p>\n

Stop Forced Abortion in China! (four minute video):<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JjtuBcJUsjY<\/a><\/p>\n

Petition against forced abortion in China:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/index.php?nav=sign_our_petition<\/a><\/p>\n

Article Announcing Schumacher\u2019s boycott:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/blog.surf-station.com\/2011\/03\/world-champion-boycotts-2011-asp-tour\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Report of Schumacher\u2019s Boycott in Mandarin on Voice of America:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/chinese\/news\/20110416-women-world-champion-119972704.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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