Publications

The Center for Gender Justice & Opportunity is at the forefront of advocacy and education, dedicated to shedding light on critical issues affecting gender equality. Our publications serve as powerful tools to amplify voices, spark conversations, and drive meaningful change. From insightful research reports to youth-led publications, we’re committed to providing accessible and powerful resources that empower individuals and communities to advocate for gender justice. Explore our library and join us in our mission to eliminate gender and racial disparities in education, healthcare, and the legal system.

Featured Reports

Designing Justice: Essential Elements of Survivor Justice Laws

Criminalization

Our latest report, Designing Justice: Essential Elements of Survivor Justice Laws, builds on our work fighting to decriminalize survivors of abuse. For decades, survivors of abusive relationships—disproportionately girls and women—have been unjustly punished by courts that do not consider the circumstances of their actions. Our new report examines four state laws that allow courts to

Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood

Adultification Bias

This groundbreaking study by the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality provides—for the first time— data showing that adults view Black girls as less innocent and more adult-like than their white peers, especially in the age range of 5–14. The report builds on similar results that have emerged from studies of adult perceptions of

Criminalized Survivors: Today’s Abuse to Prison Pipeline for Girls