Girls who try to improve their situation by leaving the home they share with their abuser often find themselves arrested for running away or truancy, which a 2015 report by the White House Council on Women and Girls notes, “can be symptoms or outcomes of trauma and abuse. Once in the system, girls may be
Help me raise awareness of how Black girls are treated in this country. This amazing and scary study has been released today from the folks @GtownLawPovCntr. Listen to Black girls! #EndAdultificationBias
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
On November 19, 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.