Gender & Sexuality
Gender violence
Nonprofits within the United States and even internationally are continuing the fight to combat social injustice surrounding gender and sexuality through educating the encouraging individuals to join the fight for social change. Through the lessons of the discrimination that millions of us all face daily due to our gender, race, ethnicity and sexuality can have a great impact on the future of this country and the relationship among its constituents.
"In the United States, young people are leading new movements for immigrant rights and for racial justice that are challenging xenophobia, standing up for black lives, and interrogating the equation of police and prisons with public safety."
Abortion- (Nearly five decades after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, opponents and supporters of abortion rights are still battling over the issue in court, at the ballot box and in state legislatures. Several states have introduced or passed new restrictions on abortion in 2021 with an eye toward giving the Supreme Court a chance to overturn its decision in Roe, and the high court agreed in May to review a Mississippi law that aims to make most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy illegal.)
Gender-based Violence- (The COVID-19 pandemic has fueled a health crisis, an economic crisis, and a caregiving crisis that have magnified the challenges that women and girls, especially women and girls of color, have long faced. It has also exacerbated a “shadow pandemic” of gender-based violence in the United States and around the world. These overlapping crises have underscored that, for far too long, the status quo has left too many behind.)
Education & Employment- (While the research, theory and policy literature on race, class and gender discrimination in education is extensive, the problem of education-based discrimination itself has been widely overlooked. Indeed, the dominant ideologies of meritocracy and human capital (into which we are inculcated throughout our lives by schools, media and the state) proclaim that higher levels of education are and should be linked with greater reward. In a world where education is regularly invoked to legitimate inequality, it can appear nonsensical even to raise concern about education-based discrimination as a matter of social injustice. We need, however, to challenge those who have taught us not to see what has essentially become an elephant in our living room. Otherwise, we will find ourselves unable ever to use our public systems of education for universal emancipation and empowerment.)
LGBTQ+- (Overall, this study finds that many LGBTQ people continue to face discrimination in their personal lives, in the workplace and the public sphere, and in their access to critical health care. This experience of discrimination leads to many adverse consequences for their financial, mental, and physical well-being. Many LGBTQ people report altering their lives to avoid this discrimination and the trauma associated with unequal treatment. Younger generations generally report higher levels of discrimination and attendant problems than do older generations, and problems associated with discrimination are most pronounced among transgender individuals, individuals of color, and disabled individuals. Anxiety about the coronavirus adds another layer of concern in this community, particularly among those respondents who are the most exposed in terms of their health or front-line employment status.)
Nonprofits:
NARAL Pro-Choice America- NARAL is a nonprofit pro-choice organization with 2.5 million members that fights for reproductive freedom over the body. This is done by providing access to abortion care, birth control, paid parental leave and protection from discriminations involving pregnancy. NARAL emphasizes the importance of the freedom over the body through the “education [of ] citizens, lawmakers, and other influencers about the dangerous effects of anti-choice policies and the threat of anti-choice discrimination.” Overall, NARAL along with 77% of American believe in the legal right to abortion and are trying combat controversies surrounding abortion
(Coalition- Coalition recognizes that gender-based violence is rooted in oppression, and that poverty, inaccessibility, and lack of resources are major barriers to the self-determination of survivors. We work to change institutions that support the abuse of power between individuals and groups of people, and to undo interpersonal and institutionalized oppression. We work for social justice and the fair and equitable distribution of resources. The work done to change intuitions that support abusive power can be seen through the fight for protective legislation, policies, and funding at the state and local levels to improve how our communities handle domestic violence, sexual assault, and sex trafficking. We connect professionals across disciplines to share ideas, and we offer trainings about current challenges and best practices.)
(The Education Trust -The Education Trust is a national nonprofit that works to close opportunity gaps that disproportionately affect students of color and students from low-income families. Through our research and advocacy, Ed Trust supports efforts that expand excellence and equity in education from preschool through college, increase college access and completion particularly for historically underserved students, engage diverse communities dedicated to education equity, and increase political and public will to act on equity issues.)
Stonewall Foundation- The Stonewall foundation is a public foundation whose main goal is to strengthen the LGBTQ movement through investments in organizations, projects and leaders. Stonewall funds over 200 nonprofits yearly and is involved in over 30 issue areas. The foundation believes philanthropy is powerful and utilizing this power to the commitment of liftin gup communities including people of color and transgender, gender non-conforming and non-binary individuals. By focusing on working with other organizations, Stonewall can bring equality among the LGBTQ communities at work, home and other places
