Tokyo to Push Olympic Sponsors on Gender After Public Blunders
- Tokyo committee wants Olympics to advance gender equality
- Organizer’s ex-head resigned after saying women talk too much
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Tokyo’s Olympic organizing committee is moving closer to pushing sponsors to declare gender equality and diversity goals as it looks to overcome a series of public gaffes.
The organizer of the Tokyo games plans to unveil its own pledge to advance equality and inclusion next month, Chief Executive Officer Toshiro Muto said at a briefing late Monday, without elaborating. Mikako Kotani, who leads the organizer’s push to promote gender equality, said in a March interview that the Tokyo committee would follow up by asking sponsor companies, sports bodies and educational institutions to unveil their own targets.