Each year in Chicago, 16,000 women fall prey to trafficking, with most of these women being underage, and Black. These women are taken advantage of and manipulated and many survivors end up with criminal records due to the different types of coercion they experience by their captors. What is worse…
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The pay gap can defined as a difference in earnings between men and woman. This gap can be caused by a number of factors, including race, ethnicity, education and more. For this project, I researched this topic and created a poem and a collage that reflects what I learned. In…
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The field of video games has historically been dominated by men. When women join a hobby, like video-gaming, that men believe are specifically meant for them, men may feel insecure. A majority of the time, male gamers are known to initiate video game harassment. Male gamers usually use stereotypes to…
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My topic focuses on gender inequity between female and male sports within the school system, specifically within the high schools, Providence St. Mel and De La Salle Institute. We chose this topic for our project because not only is it a significant topic that does not get as much recognition…
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For our project, we wanted to look at gender equality in Chicago, specifically through a historical lens, by creating a video. To make our video, we did research on Chicago’s gender equality history, as well as sought out solutions for gender inequality. We also conducted interviews with various classmates and…
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I grew up in a Hispanic household where the men were valued more because of their gender. Having this engraved in my head at such a young age made me believe it was true. For so long I lived with this false narrative, that is until I started to see…
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Generations of Black women leaders have made powerful arguments in support of the Equal Rights Amendment. Everyday women face discrimination and are treated differently because of their sex. In 1923 the ERA amendment was proposed. On March 22, 1972, the Equal Rights Amendment was passed by the U.S. Senate and…
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By Marianne Schnall We asked a series of questions… As a starting place for the Envision Equality project, we reached out to a diverse and esteemed set of activists, policy makers, academics, and other thought leaders cutting across sectors and industries and asked them to share their visions of what a…
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