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NJCAA WOMEN’S DIVISION

It is the basic belief of the Women's Division of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) that the athletic programs for
women complement the existing programs offered by the NJCAA. The Women's Division is an integral part of the total educational
process, which fosters sound educational goals concurrent with those of the member institutions.

Because of the uniqueness of two-year colleges, it is important to provide an organization which provides equal representation
throughout the twenty-four elected regional directors for each division. The Women's Division of the NJCAA provides programs which
afford opportunities for the participation of all two-year colleges. Through the existing structure of the NJCAA, representatives of both
the Men's and Women's Division work together to develop and maintain eligibility rules, which will be applied equally to all athletes, both
male and female.
For those two-year colleges seeking an affiliation for their women's athletic program, the NJCAA offers an organization that can meet
the individual needs of all students because it provides national competition for all eligible member schools through regional affiliation.

It is important to emphasize that the Women's Division is dedicated to meeting the needs of all female athletes, providing them with the
highest caliber of national competition in a wide range of sports.

NJCAA POSITION PAPER:

Leadership Roles of Women in Two-Year College Athletics

From its inception, the Women's Division of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) has fostered among its goals the
encouragement, promotion and advancement of all women's athletic programs in the two-year college. In order to ensure progress in
meeting these objectives and goals, women of competency and experience, as well as those whose backgrounds have been limited,
should not be excluded from leadership roles. As a group, we are strongly opposed to any and all measures which would remove or
exclude capable, qualified and/or interested women from assuming those leadership positions relating to women's athletics. It is a
specific concern that the Women's Regional Director’s position be held by a woman.

We would strongly urge all regions of the NJCAA to provide access and input from women within their respective regions at each
regional meeting relating to the business and conduct of the Women's Division. In those regions where a few women currently serve in
any leadership capacity, we would urge that a conscientious, active and ongoing effort be made to identify, attract and develop the
leadership potential of women throughout that region.

It is through these efforts that we hope to expand leadership opportunities, promote conscientious awareness and stimulate further
interest on the part of women in the NJCAA and to recognize the significant contributions women can make in the leadership and
administration of women's athletics.
NJCAA POSITION STATEMENT ON GENDER EQUITY

The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) believes in the value of equitable participation and treatment of men and
women in intercollegiate athletics and through its structure, programs, legislation and policies will promote these values. The NJCAA
will act to encourage its member institutions to assure equity in the quantity and quality of participation in women's athletics throughout
its programs. The NJCAA stands with other athletic organizations in believing, at an institutional level, gender equity in intercollegiate
athletics describes an environment in which fair and equitable distribution of overall athletic opportunities, benefits and resources is
available to women and men and in which student-athletes, coaches and athletic administrators are not subject to gender based
discrimination.

An athletic program can be considered equitable when the participants in both the men's and women's sport programs would accept, as
fair and equitable, the overall program of the other gender. No individual should be discriminated against on the basis of gender
institutionally, regionally or nationally in intercollegiate athletics.