We amplify the lived experiences of girls and gender-expansive youth with community-driven research and storytelling
Our approach
is more than just research; it’s about upending knowledge creation by centering the experiences and voices of girls’ and gender-expansive youth of color.
We employ girl and gender-expansive youth-centered research practices, including youth-participatory action research (YPAR) methods, that put the research design, data collection, and analysis, and meaning-making in the hands of girls and gender-expansive youth, especially those of color.
Research is conducted with the aim of gaining a deeper understanding of the lived experiences of girls and gender-expansive youth, as well as the sectors that seek to serve them.
Our programming and services, including our advocacy strategies efforts, are directly influenced by the recommendations that come out of our research. See our research in action here and explore our reports below.
All girls and gender-expansive youth who participate in our research and other programming are compensated.
Our SERVICES
In addition to leading and facilitating innovative community-centered and youth participatory action research (YPAR), AFG offers research and evaluation services to enhance your organization's capacity and knowledge. Our all-women-of-color research and evaluation team emphasizes community and connection in providing fee-based consulting and technical assistance for participatory research and transformational evaluation.
"The research that AFG has done, particularly with youth in Oakland Unified School District, has really helped reinforce my work
educating others when I'm talking about the experiences of girls of color."
— AFG Member, from our Comprehensive Eval Report in 2020
OUR YOUTH RESEARCH HUB
is girl and gender-expansive-centered, intersectional, and action-oriented.
We believe that girls and gender-expansive youth of color deserve the space to tell their own stories and inform solutions to challenges that affect their lives.
AFG in LA County: The First Years
Since 2017, AFG has gathered research, data, and information about the needs of girls and gender-expansive youth in LA County. Explore what they have learned in the first years of their research.
Safety in Numbers
Together with our members and BART we turned our research into action – and created the Not One More Girl (NOMG) initiative. This first-of-its-kind campaign is a community-driven initiative centering girls* and gender-expansive youth to reimagine safety for riders on BART. It reflects the voices and needs of the community, especially the voices of girls and gender-expansive youth of color.
Radical Visions of Safety: A Brief Summary | 2021
This Radical Visions of Safety Brief is created to provide an overview of the full Radical Visions of Safety Report released in 2021, and include specific, actionable strategies for those doing this work.
Uniting Isolated Voices | 2021
As COVID-19 rages on and the nation continues to work on COVID-19 relief and recovery, AFG's latest report provides a roadmap on the investments and strategies needed to achieve greater equity, especially for girls and gender expansive youth of color.
Radical Visions of Safety | 2021
This is a report for girls by girls that provides direction for girl champions—parents, caregivers, service providers, and all caring adults in the lives of girls and gender-expansive youth—on how to support safety and healthy relationships for girls and gender-expansive youth.
Data Snapshot of COVID-19’s Impact on Girls’ Organizations | 2020
In tandem to collecting data on girls’ expressed needs during COVID-19, Alliance for Girls is collecting data on COVID-19's impact on girl-serving organizations financially and programmatically. Findings inform all AFG programs.
Data Snapshots of Girls’ Lived Experiences & Needs During COVID-19
Alliance for Girls and its team of youth researchers developed a short survey for girls* in California up to age 24 to collect and analyze data at different time points of girls' experiences during the COVID-19 crisis.
