LEFT BIAS
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- Overall, we rate Girls for Gender Equity as left-biased based on its focused advocacy on gender and racial justice. We also rate them as High in factual reporting due to a clean fact-check record.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: LEFT
Factual Reporting: HIGH
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Organization/Foundation
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY
History
Girls for Gender Equity (GGE) was established in 2001 in Brooklyn, New York, in response to the sexual assault of a young Black girl. It aims to promote racial and gender justice through advocacy, policy work, and community engagement, primarily focusing on the needs and rights of Black girls and gender-expansive youth of color.
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Funded by / Ownership
Girls for Gender Equity (GGE) is a nonprofit funded through individual donations, grants, and partnerships with various organizations. While GGE does not explicitly list all its financial supporters on its website, it is known that it secures funding from state grants, as evidenced by the five-year state funding it received in 2006 to begin its Urban Leaders Academy. They also collaborate with other organizations like Planned Parenthood and the Girl Scouts on various campaigns, which may involve shared funding initiatives.
Analysis / Bias
GGE actively engages in campaigns and policy-making to address systemic issues affecting Black girls and gender-expansive youth, such as school pushout, educational reform, and gender-based violence. The organization’s campaigns are deeply rooted in the community and strive for systemic change through grassroots organizing and coalition building. For example, GGE has been involved in initiatives like the My Brother’s Keeper campaign to ensure inclusivity and has developed significant community-based programs like the Young Women’s Initiative to support young women in New York City.
The website features a blog that reports news and offers opinions that favor the left, like this Black Women’s Bodies Are Not a Sin: Disordered Eating & How We Heal. The blog also promotes its initiatives such as GIRLS FOR GENDER EQUITY LEADS ON YOUNG WOMEN’S INITIATIVE 2.0 ALONGSIDE SPEAKER ADRIENNE ADAMS TO ADDRESS YOUTH HEALTH AND SCHOOL CLIMATE.
In general, Girls for Gender Equity holds left-leaning progressive viewpoints through advocacy for gender and racial justice. They are also fact-based, as evidenced by a clean fact-check record.
Failed Fact Checks
- None in the Last 5 years
Overall, we rate Girls for Gender Equity as left-biased based on its focused advocacy on gender and racial justice. We also rate them as High in factual reporting due to a clean fact-check record. (D. Van Zandt 09/02/2024)
Source: https://ggenyc.org/
Last Updated on September 2, 2024 by Media Bias Fact Check
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