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People, mainly women and children, make their way through Medyka border crossing after journeying from war-torn Ukraine on March 30, in Medyka, Poland. Women, children and LGBT+ people face particularly high threats of violence during armed conflicts; it’s critical to get emergency humanitarian aid as well as long-term rebuilding efforts into communities. (Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)

BY ALEXANDRA GARITA and ELIZABETH BARAJAS-ROMÁN | History shows us that women, children and LGBT+ people face a particularly high threat of violence during armed conflicts, and it’s critical to get emergency humanitarian aid as well as long-term rebuilding efforts into communities.

For philanthropists with $5 million to give or individual donors chipping in $5, we know gender justice funders will move that money *faster* to the organizations on the ground who specialize in helping the people who are most impacted.

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BY MARTHA BURK | A new report on the gender pay gap might make us hopeful—but there are factors not reflected in these numbers. Even still, reports show overall upwards trends for young women’s earnings. It would be easy to conclude that this means the gender pay gap will be gone in a few years as these young women continue to gain experience … right? Not so fast. 

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BY MADIBA K. DENNIE and ELIZABETH HIRA | Approximately one in three lawyers are women. Fewer than two in 10 lawyers are people of color. And only one in 115 justices of the Supreme Court has ever been a woman of color. That number could soon double as Ketanji Brown Jackson has become the first Black woman ever nominated to the highest court in the country. 

Madiba Dennie and Elizabeth Hira are uniquely positioned to discuss this historic nomination: They’re both women of color, they’re both attorneys, and they both work at the Brennan Center for Justice on issues of democracy and equity. This discussion highlights the networks they have relied on, the progress that has been made and the challenges that remain, and the democracy they hope to build.

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President Biden has announced Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the nominee to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer on the United States Supreme Court. Who is she? What’s her background? And why is she one of the most qualified and prepared nominees that this process has seen in nearly a century? New from our "Road to Confirmation" series: We unpack Judge Jackson’s qualifications and examine what’s next in the process.

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