The Center is proud to have contributed to a co-authored report on criminalized survivors, “From the Cradle to the Grave: The Lifelong Criminalization of Survivors of Gender-Based Violence.” In April 2025, this collaborative report was submitted to the United Nations to inform the upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United States by the UN
In March 2025, the Center on Gender Justice and Opportunity at Georgetown Law published a bench card on adultification bias against Black girls and gender-expansive youth. Developed in partnership with the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ), the adultification bias bench card outlines the disproportionate harsh treatment experienced by Black girls in
The Center is proud to release an update to our 2020 National Review of school-based restorative justice and state legislation. In our 2023 Trend Analysis and Review, we highlight six updated findings from our 2020 legislative trend analysis and provide policy recommendations for legislators in efforts to expand restorative justice practices across the 50 states
We are happy to release a zine that was authored by the 2022-2023 Youth Advisory Committee of the Trauma-Informed Schools Learning Network for Girls of Color: That’s On Period. Youth Voices On Menstrual Health In Schools. This zine was written on the year’s theme of reproductive justice. We hope the Zine will elucidate girls’ menstrual-related
The Initiative on Gender Justice & Opportunity’s Youth Advisors led a rich discussion with Georgetown Law Professor Kristin Henning about her powerful new book, The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth. Watch the recording of the event here.
Did you miss our webinar on Black Herstory Month with Michelle Love-Day and Cierra Kaler-Jones? Check out the recording of this informative, inspiring content in our webinar archives.