The Women's Tennis Association has become the world's 'most effective' human rights organization over its leadership on the Peng Shuai case, said the former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues.
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. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues.
The whereabouts of Peng, a former tennis doubles world number one, became a matter of international concern for nearly three weeks after she posted a message on social media alleging that a former top Chinese government official had sexually assaulted her. She re-appeared over the weekend in Beijing.
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