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- How the Criminal Legal System Fails Black Women and Girl Survivors of Human Trafficking
January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, a time to honor survivors, increase awareness Understanding System Failures Systemic inequities increase the vulnerability of Black women and girls
- Reimagining Educational Spaces for Black Girls
other students and creates a school environment where Black girls feel unsafe and that hinders success—increasing
- The Criminalization of Black Survivors of Domestic Violence
Addressing these injustices requires both policy reforms and increased public awareness.
- LBTQ Women, Girls, & Gender Nonconforming People Disproportionately Victimized & Criminalized
and gender inequities have produced and continue to produce unjust barriers and disadvantages that increase And the status quo of criminalization and punishment only causes more trauma and does not heal or increase
- COVID-19 Crisis Intervention for Black Girls Impacted by the Foster Care & Juvenile Legal Systems
Research confirms that the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated these vulnerabilities and increased racial and Organizations purchased and distributed laptops, tablets, and other devices to the youth they worked with to increase
- Youth-Led Policy Report Promotes Solutions to Improve Mental Health for Black Girls & Youth of Color
The report recommends several policy solutions to address these issues, including: Increasing youth access “Young people are incredible—we know from decades of research on brain science that adversity can be
- OVW and NBWJI Building Compassion and Capacity to End Gender Based Violence
Today, Black women make up only 8 percent of the population but account for 22 percent of homicides that
- What Justice Looks Like for Black Survivors of Human Trafficking
Pathways to Victimization Systemic inequities significantly increase the vulnerability of Black women
- Schools Can Become Safe Spaces For Black Girls To Learn, Heal And Thrive
Schools, Black girls account for about 15 percent of the population and about 50 percent of out of school
- NBWJI President Dr. Monique W. Morris Appointed as First Executive Director of Grantmakers for Girls
fiscally-sponsored by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors with a mission to convene philanthropic support and increase communications, and in the near future, an equitable and thoughtful participatory grantmaking program to increase She will build on the incredible momentum created by girls of color, the movements that center their
- NBWJI Statement on SCOTUS Decision Overturning Roe
with this decision that effectively eliminates women’s and girls’ control over their own bodies and increases
- Extreme Sentences Disproportionately Impact and Harm Black Women
Between 2008 and 2020 there was a 2% increase in the number of women imprisoned for a violent crime, but a 20% increase in the number of women serving a life sentence and a 43% increase in women serving Criminalization and incarceration cause more trauma and do not help people to heal or increase public
