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The Center for Gender Justice & Opportunity is at the forefront of advocacy and education, dedicated to shedding light on critical issues affecting gender equality. Our publications serve as powerful tools to amplify voices, spark conversations, and drive meaningful change. From insightful research reports to youth-led publications, we’re committed to providing accessible and powerful resources that empower individuals and communities to advocate for gender justice. Explore our library and join us in our mission to eliminate gender and racial disparities in education, healthcare, and the legal system.

Featured Reports

‘How They See Me Versus How I See Myself’: Girls’ Reflections from Inside the Justice System

Youth Perspective

In October 2018, the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality’s Initiative on Gender Justice and Opportunity and Rights4Girls published a compilation of girls’ visual and written work about their experiences with the juvenile justice system. This project turned a lens toward the girls, providing space for them to speak for themselves and allowing their

‘They are totally overlooked’: Young black girls viewed as less innocent, study finds. To that, I cry foul.

Adultification Bias

If you were to write a letter to your childhood self, knowing everything you know now, what would it say? If you’re black and female, you would likely use the word “adversity” a lot. A new report from the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality reaffirms that being a black girl isn’t easy. A

50 Black Women Share What Living In America Feels Like In Three Words

Adultification Bias

MadameNoire, Natalie Petit-Frere In this same era, enslaved women could not testify against their masters when they raped them because they’d been deemed inherently promiscuous and therefore incapable of sexual assault –a stigma that still follows us today. Georgetown Law’s Center on Poverty and Inequality conducted a study on the “adultification” of Black girls in

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