“The research…suggested that Latina and black adolescent girls may be more vulnerable to reproductive coercion and sexual violence. Nearly 15 percent of Latina adolescents and 15 percent of black adolescents reported sexual coercion in the previous three months, compared to about four percent of white adolescents.” The Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.”

According to a 2017 Georgetown Law Review, researchers found that black girls as young as 5 years old are already seen as less innocent, and needing less support, than white girls of the same age. This presumption led teachers and other authority figures to treat black girls as older than they are and more harshly than white female students, with the disparity being particularly wide for 10- to 14-year-olds.

(73% of Caucasian girls, 76% of African American girls, 74% of Hispanic girls), interest in some aspects of STEM is higher for African American and Hispanic girls.

POG provides on-site mentorship for schools, detention centers, small groups and faith-based institutions. It is devoted to developing participants through planning and facilitating social enrichment activities designed to fulfill the organization’s purpose by empowering, educating, and providing opportunities for social, educational, and cultural development among young and adolescent girls.

Learn more at www.thepowerofgirlhood.org and watch a video en Espanol.