The Year in Gender Justice: Movements Driving Change in 2020 2020 has been marked by incredible challenges, but with those come opportunities for meaningful change in systems, structures, and societies around the globe. Despite COVID-19 and rollbacks of rights for women, girls, and marginalized people globally, 2020 also saw protest movements driving bold action for long-term impact. Join Global Fund for Women in marking significant gains made this year for gender justice, including legal wins, powerful displays of solidarity, and cultural shifts all made possible by the innovation, organizing, and persistence of grassroots gender justice movements . 1. Black Lives Matter The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, and too many more spurred enormous nationwide protests in the U.S. and helped reignite the movement to end police brutality against Black and Brown people around the world. While the protests began in the streets, they’ve had a reverberating effect across many sectors and continue to influence reckonings around racism and racial justice around the globe, from Seoul to Sydney to Brussels to Rio de Janeiro and beyond. Founded by three Black women, the Movement for Black Lives is one example of the powerful Black and Brown-led organizing that’s leading to wins across the U.S., from delivering crucial votes to ensure a Biden/Harris victory in the presidential election to keeping police out of schools, an effort Freedom, Inc., in Madison, WI successfully led this year.