Center for Intersectional Justice (CIJ)

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The Center for Intersectional Justice (CIJ), founded in 2017, is an independent nonprofit organisation based in Berlin dedicated to advancing equality and justice for all by combating intersecting forms of structural inequality and discrimination in Europe.

We engage in advocacy and policy-oriented research to make anti-discrimination and equality policy more inclusive and address structural inequalities more effectively in Europe.

We are a global network of leading lawyers, academics, practitioners, writers, and journalists striving for equality. We pool our expertise, critical perspectives, creativity and extensive experience to protect and promote the rights of those structurally marginalized in our European societies.

Our work
• We bring a paradigmatic shift to anti-discrimination and equality policy at national and European levels and bridge the gap between scholarly research and policymaking on issues of systemic inequality and discrimination.
• CIJ seeks to influence the public discourse and impact on policymaking through direct advocacy, research and policy advice, as well as publications on issues related to intersectional discriminations based on race, gender, class and all other systems of oppression which sustain inequality.
• We cover a wide array of policy areas, ranging from employment, education, migration and asylum, to health and the securitization of European states.

What we do
• Advocacy: We advocate for the legal recognition of intersectional discrimination and the adoption of effective policy measures to curb it at national and European levels.
• Research: We research and monitor the hidden effects of specific laws and policies and analyse the processes of intersectional discrimination and structural inequalities.
• Training: We provide learning opportunities around the concept of intersectionality through lectures, discussions, roundtables and workshops to promote its practical use in policy and law.

Dr. Emilia Roig is the Founder & Executive Director of the Center for Intersectional Justice (CIJ).

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