The Gender Policy Report

02/07/2025

February is . From Sojourner Truth to Kimberle Crenshaw, Black women have advanced our understanding of how race & gender shape our politics and lived experiences.

How can public policy can steer us toward greater equality? From the 🗄️🗃️:

Minnesota made history by becoming the first state to establish an office for Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls.

Missing and murdered Black women and girls is a national crisis. Minnesota may soon establish the first office dedicated to fighting violence against Black women and girls.

02/05/2025

Are you a CLA-UMN grad student researching gender & US public policy? Looking for summer funding? Apply for our fellowship! Applications due March 3rd.

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01/21/2025

“High rates of child poverty due to lack of living wage jobs, the gender wage gap, lack of paid family leave, lack of high-quality, affordable child care, and inadequate affordable housing are all contributing factors in s*x trafficking, as are family and societal homophobia and transphobia, racism, and mass incarceration which so often removes parents and caretakers from families and communities.”

Child s*x trafficking is among the very few issues that can win bipartisan support in today’s political climate. But the laws resulting from this political alliance offer deeply conservative, law-and-order solutions that only minimally address the social conditions that make U.S. youth vulnerable ...

01/14/2025

January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. But prevention hasn’t traditionally been at the center of the US federal response. What can we do differently?

US federal policy has over-emphasized prosecuting, and not preventing, human trafficking. It’s time for a public health approach to trafficking.

12/31/2024

🎆 Check out our Top 5 articles published in 2024! 📖 Happy reading

1️⃣ What Did the US War and Exit Do for Afghan Women’s Rights?
https://ow.ly/RTaJ50Uy1uj

2️⃣ Are Cannabis Social Equity Programs Truly Equitable?
https://ow.ly/wM2Q50Uy1uf

3️⃣ Algorithmic Bias in Job Hiring
https://ow.ly/lHw050Uy1uk

4️⃣ Microsyllabus: Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth
https://ow.ly/iOJG50Uy1ue

5️⃣ Social Welfare Programs Exploit Poor Women
https://ow.ly/97vj50Uy1ug

The protracted US-led war in Afghanistan ended with the exclusion of Afghan women from the peace process and the return of the Taliban to power. What can we learn?

12/20/2024

Diversity makes a city great, but urban planners don’t always plan with diversity in mind.

https://ow.ly/Ik2L50Uk7lG

12/19/2024

As global conflict, persecution, and climate crises compel more people to leave home, we can and should do more to ensure dignity, respect, and safety for those who migrate.

https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/reinvesting-in-refugees/

A stronger U.S. refugee resettlement program would center the needs of refugee women.

12/18/2024

A day late but still true.

What can policymakers do to end violence against s*x workers?

Read the rest: https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/how-to-end-violence-against-s*x-workers/

Today is International Day to End Violence Against S*x Workers. S*x workers may face unique forms of violence on the job or in their relationships. According to The Gender Policy Report, s*x workers across the globe have up to a 75% chance of experiencing s*xual violence in the course of their work.

S*x workers deserve to feel safe as they work, and survivors of abuse within the s*x work community deserve stigma-free, supportive services.

Here’s how we can help promote a world that is safer:

☂️ Advocates should support pro-s*x worker policies as part of a commitment to gender, racial, LGBTQIA+ and economic justice.

☂️ Lawmakers must approach policies and legislation regarding s*x work through a labor and human rights lens and enact laws that affirm the autonomy and dignity of people who are engaged in s*xual labor.

12/18/2024

For , we're sharing some pieces from our archive that highlight the complex struggles and contributions of those who migrate.

"Despite these trends, Asian immigrants have had some of the lowest application rates to DACA. According to the Migration Policy Institute, 84% of eligible Mexican youth and 83% of eligible Salvadoran youth have sought protection, but only 16% of eligible Korean youth and 28% of eligible Filipino youth applied for DACA in 2016."

Even without attacks from the White House, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has already been restricted in many ways. This becomes immediately apparent when we consider how—and which—immigrant youth have been represented in relation to it. Amidst, or perhaps because of, limited enga...

12/11/2024

Urban sprawl, long commutes, and lack of mass transit hurts caregivers. How can we design cities to better meet caregiving responsibilities?

https://ow.ly/uLmy50Uk6Zz

12/05/2024

📣📣📮: 15-minute cities have been proposed as the answer to problems of urban sustainability. Will they also solve gender inequities?

Can the “15-minute city” solve the challenges faced by women? Feminist urban planning interventions offer a wealth of solutions to contemporary urban problems.

11/29/2024

Why has “religious liberty” become the province of conservative Christians?
https://ow.ly/4MvX50U5sTP

11/26/2024

has been in motion for years. Christian nationalism is a threat to gender justice.

https://ow.ly/Li9U50U5sMA

11/20/2024

An Indiana Court of Appeals recently ruled that there is a religious liberty right to access abortion. Have you heard of this groundbreaking case?

https://ow.ly/xhUN50U5sxK

11/19/2024

📣 📣 “Religious liberty” is often equated with right wing efforts to restrict the bodily autonomy of marginalized groups. How do the courts respond to religious liberty cases brought by progressive people of faith?

The Christian Right has long demanded the right to be exempted from laws and policies on “religious liberty” grounds. A recent Indiana case suggests that the courts may finally be willing to extend the same religious liberty to abortion seekers.

11/05/2024

Promoting mental health is not just about counseling and 💊

Political attacks on LGBTQ+ communities & systemic racism contribute to poor mental health outcomes.

https://ow.ly/b0fz50TQfQU

11/01/2024

LGBTQ+ people of color experience overlapping systems of oppression. Does connection with the LGBTQ+ community help alleviate the mental strain of discrimination?

https://ow.ly/M1FQ50TQfH3

10/27/2024

🆕📮: Discrimination impacts one’s mental health. But protective factors - such as connection with members of one’s community - can help mitigate mental health challenges.

LGBTQ+ people of color experience intersecting forms of discrimination, leading to poor mental health outcomes. What coould reduce minority stress levels amongst LGBTQ+ people of color?