📣 POLICY MATTERS 📣 Creating a gender-responsive justice system requires policy change at every level: 🏡 LOCAL: 👩‍👧 Diversion programs for mothers of minor children ⚖️ Gender-responsive programming in jails 🏠 Transitional housing specifically for women 🏛️ STATE: 🧠 Expanded access to mental health and substance use treatment 💼 Fair chance hiring policies 🤰 Pregnancy and postpartum protections for incarcerated women FEDERAL: 💰 Funding for gender-responsive reentry programs 🔄 Criminal justice reform that addresses women’s pathways to incarceration 👶 Support for children of incarcerated parents Policy change happens when we raise our voices together. Our elected officials need to hear that gender-responsive justice matters to their constituents. 🗳️ 💙💚 Invest in second chances → lnkd.in/eukapkkU #GiveToGain #IWD2026