BWJP

The mission of BWJP is to promote change within the civil and criminal legal systems to enhance their effectiveness in providing safety, security, and justice to survivors of gender-based violence (GBV), their families and communities. BWJP is a collection of national policy and practice centers at the intersection of GBV and legal systems. BWJP works with jurisdictions across the country to improve access to systems, paying particular attention to the complexity of survivors’ lives, especially those survivors that are underserved and from historically marginalized communities.   

BWJP is the national non-profit leader at the intersection of gender-based violence (GBV) and the law. BWJP is organized as a dynamic collection of national policy and practice centers which provide support, education, best practice, and innovation to advocates, systems professionals, community leaders, and policy experts. Our staff have nearly five centuries of experience and live in eleven states and the District of Columbia. Seven out of thirteen senior positions are women of color and nearly 50% of the full staff are people of color and/or immigrants. The team is rounded out by a cadre of experts with expertise in civil and criminal systems change and reform, development of service provision and continuous improvement and assessment and the use of human centered design for better outcomes for survivors.