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
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 21, 2023 CONTACT: GenderJusticeCenter@georgetown.edu Introducing the Center on Gender Justice & Opportunity at Georgetown Law With a decade of transformative impact and pioneering thought on gender equity and racial justice, transition formalizes and expands work. Washington, DC – After ten years as an initiative of the Center on Poverty &
We were honored to be named as a Champion of Gender Equity by Archewell Foundation, founded by Prince Harry & Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex. The announcement reads: “Under the leadership of Rebecca Epstein, the Center on Poverty and Inequality’s Initiative on Gender Justice & Opportunity develops innovative policy solutions and conducts groundbreaking
In 2020, we released a 50-state assessment of the legislative landscape of Exclusionary School Discipline (ESD) and school-based restorative justice (RJ). Taken together, these fact sheets examine how states are limiting the removal of students from classrooms and which states are promoting restorative justice, which can improve school climate and reduce discipline disparities.