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Our Mission

 Girls Deserve Better (GDB) is a grassroots organization dedicated to creating an awareness of the many challenges facing girls in our nation and around the world every day.Read more

Recommended Reading

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Odd Girl Out: the Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls by Rachel Simmons
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Keeping Girls Gang-Free

Visit the Girls Scouts page about girls and gangs.

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  • Gang Involvement

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Most Recent Findings

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has released “The Girls Study Group—Charting the Way to Delinquency Prevention for Girls.”
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Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls

At the recommendation of the American Psychological Association (APA) Committee on Women in Psychology (CWP) and with the approval of the Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest (BAPPI) and the Board of Directors, APA’s Council of Representatives established the Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls in February 2005.Read more

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American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC)

The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children is a national organization whose mission is to enhance the ability of professionals to respond to children and families affected by abuse and violence. APSAC tries to fulfill this mission in a number of ways, most notably through providing education and other sources of information to professionalsRead more

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Body Image and the Media

About-Face is a media literacy organization devoted to combating harmful images of women. The About-Face wesite contains information and statistics on media, body image, and eating disorders; suggestions for action; and artwork that challenges negative images of beauty. Visit this organization at http://www.about-face.org. 

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Girl-Friendly Merchandise

Girls Rock was started by three powerful girls ages six, eight and nine, and their mom. The idea for the tees came out of a shopping trip where the girls could not find shirts that reflected "who" there are. They did not like the negative messages, "Boys stink, boys are mean." They also did not like the shirts that read cutie pie, so hot, or beauty queen - as if who they are is all about the outside! So after countless designs and revisions, Girls Rock, was born. Their unique style can be viewed in their logo.Read more

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