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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

‘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
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Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood

Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood

Adultification Bias

This groundbreaking study by the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality provides—for the first time— data showing that adults view Black girls as less innocent and more adult-like than their white peers, especially in the age range of 5–14. The report builds on similar results that have emerged from studies of adult perceptions of
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Criminalized Survivors: Today’s Abuse to Prison Pipeline for Girls

Criminalized Survivors: Today’s Abuse to Prison Pipeline for Girls

Criminalization

April 2023 The new report from the Center on Gender Justice & Opportunity at Georgetown Law and Rights4Girls is a follow-up to our 2015 publication, The Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline: The Girls’ Story, examining where the pipeline is today for girls in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, the #MeToo movement, and
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