Honoring the Outgoing Faculty Director of the Center on Gender Justice & Opportunity Q: You’ve spent decades working on poverty, civil rights, and public policy. What drew you to support the creation of what would become the Center on Gender Justice & Opportunity? A: From the beginning, I understood the Center’s work as part of
The Center on Gender Justice & Opportunity at Georgetown Law releases new report on survivor justice laws and policy reforms to provide strong, fair, and meaningful relief WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Center on Gender Justice & Opportunity at Georgetown Law released Designing Justice: Essential Elements of Survivor Justice Laws, part of its work fighting
Washington D.C., June 13, 2025 — Yesterday, the Center on Gender Justice & Opportunity at Georgetown Law, in partnership with the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ), hosted a timely and critical virtual event focusing on adultification bias—the perception that Black girls are more adult-like and less innocent than their white peers—and
April 29, 2025 (Washington, DC) – The Justice for Youth Survivors Initiative (JYSI) is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new resource: a user-friendly, clickable 50-State Survey and accompanying trend analysis of state laws that protect survivors of gender-based violence, including trafficking, intimate partner violence, and sexual assault. This accessible resource, created by
GEORGETOWN LAW STUDENTS ONLYFall Semester 2025 The Center is hiring a part-time research assistant for the Fall 2025 semester. This is an opportunity to work closely with a small team on cutting-edge issues involving gender and racial equity for girls and women. Our Center optimizes students’ experience by taking mentorship seriously and by integrating students
Immediately upon assuming the presidency, President Trump signed an onslaught of executive orders that threaten our fundamental values. Among these actions was the disbanding of the White House Gender Policy Council, an executive order purporting to “Defend Women Against Extremist Gender Ideology and Restore Truth to the Federal Government”, and the repeal of Title IX
As 2024 comes to a close, we at the Center on Gender Justice & Opportunity are reflecting on our partnerships and the progress we achieved this past year. We know that new obstacles lie ahead to the work of protecting and advancing gender and racial justice, but this remains clear: We are steadfast in our