G+JI Annual Report 2020-2021

mission of the Gender Justice Initiative (G JI) is to build on the
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path-breaking research being done on intersectional
long-standing,
racial and economic justice across Georgetown’s
gender,
and campuses; to catalyze scholarship and advocacy in
departments
areas; and to make Georgetown a dynamic hub of knowledge
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community engagement, and policy development.
production,
aim to situate the leading university in the Nation’s capital as a
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of research on gender equity through collaborations among
center
policy makers, advocates and artists in Washington, D.C.
scholars,
beyond. Building on Georgetown’s schools of law, policy,
and
and the arts and sciences, G JI seeks to promote an
medicine,
and interdisciplinary approach to gender justice
intersectional
on both scholarly enrichment and policy change. This work
focused
Georgetown’s Jesuit tradition and commitment to “address
advances
G JI invites faculty, staff, and students from across the University
The
discuss and to collaborate on issues of gender, antiracism,
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at the core but extend to race, class, sexuality, disability
gender
other forms of oppression.
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Mission:
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the social realities of ... injustice and oppression."
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sexuality, feminism, intersectionality, inequity, and inequality.
Why the '+' ?
We refer to 'Gender
Justice' to signal that our concerns have
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