A Friends of the Pembroke Center Regional Event in Washington, D.C. In 2017, the Center on Gender Justice & Opportunity at Georgetown Law released the groundbreaking study “Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood.” The study revealed that adults view Black girls as less innocent and more adult-like than their white peers, including girls
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Policing not only affects the educational attainment of girls of color in schools. It also affects their health. On Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at 12:30 PM EST the Learning Network hosted a conversation with experts on the health consequences of policing on girls of color in schools and how educators can support their students. We
“Be intentional and everything that you do.” “Don’t be reactionary…If you know problems are going on, take a proactive measures and put [those measures] into your organization’s systematic approach.” “Be proactive with students through [analyzing your] data. What is your data saying about black girls academically and behaviorally?” “State your expectations: every day, every staff
Studies show that girls’ roles at home form a significant but invisible part of the care economy, which has substantial effects on their childhood, especially their experiences in school. On July 20, 2022, we hosted an important discussion about the caretaking roles shouldered by girls of color, and how they affect their school experiences. We
The webinar was led by Bayliss Fiddiman, the Director of Educational Equity and Senior Counsel at the National Women’s Law Center.
The Center on Gender Justice & Opportunity and Rights4Girls were delighted to co-host a special event that examined the legal system’s criminalization of girls and other young survivors of gender-based violence, as well as legislative efforts to disrupt the pipeline. The discussion was based on our co-authored report, Criminalized Survivors: Today’s Abuse to Prison Pipeline