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Investigating Human Trafficking in North Carolina

Check out our UNC Public Policy Capstone students' recent work on "The Investigation of Human Trafficking in North Carolina".

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Empowering the next generation to advance gender equality in North Carolina.

  • Developed 70 Scholars at 8 colleges and universities to research and influence policy, and deliver recommendations to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
  • Reached over 25,000 change agents including legislators, policy makers, and community leaders
  • Helped create sustainable mechanisms for gender equity in Durham County and city by evaluating programs and budgets for gender disparities
  • Established methods to eliminate gender disparities in high school computer science classes in Durham County
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Our work begins with understanding gender disparities, then formulating solutions to overcome them, and finally, advocating for change. WomenNC scholars call out inequality and injustice wherever they see it. Help us create enduring equality for women and girls in North Carolina... and across the globe by donating now!
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This Month's Featured Scholars

Featured Scholar

Isa van der Drift

Barriers to Reproductive Health and Economic Empowerment in Durham, NC

Young women in the South are subject to the policies of conservative legislatures which restrict the quality and duration of their reproductive health education. Further, with regressive abortion legislation limiting clinic’s ability to provide quality healthcare to young women, teens are faced with few options to confidentially seek healthcare for themselves.This research seeks simple and low-cost ways that Durham, North Carolina can continue to support young women’s reproductive health despite the political barriers posed by the state legislature.

The teen pregnancy rate rose 6% between 2017 and 2018, marking a clear failure on the part of the state to provide enough reproductive health resources and services for its population.This research shows that this matters not just for the sake of young women’s health, but states with higher rates often pregnancy suffer from higher rates of poverty. Durham needs to invest in its young women not just for their health but also their economic futures.

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