The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) has become the world's 'most effective' human rights organization over its leadership on the Peng Shuai case and willingness to lose money to stand by its principles, said Kelley Eckels Currie, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues.
Tennis - WTA Mandatory - Madrid Open - Madrid, Spain - May 6, 2018 China's Peng Shuai in action against Spain's Garbine Muguruza during their round of 64 match REUTERS/Susana VeraNov 23 - The Women's Tennis Association has become the world's "most effective" human rights organization over its leadership on the Peng Shuai case and willingness to lose money to stand by its principles, said Kelley Eckels Currie, former U.S.
In 25 years of working in human rights, she had never seen any group "actually put something on the line like this for human rights," said Currie, the former U.S. Representative at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, nominated by then-President Donald Trump. The United States, France, Britain and prominent tennis players have all expressed concerns over Peng, a former Olympian.
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