Our Mission

There is cause for hope. Because gendercide is a socially created, man-made problem, it is a fixable problem. With this in mind, the Gendercide Awareness Project focuses on:

  • Raising awareness, particularly through our traveling art exhibit
  • Taking action by educating at-risk girls in developing countries

We believe that educating girls is the best long-term strategy for ending gendercide. With education and job skills, girls are transformed from economic burdens to economic assets, and they are better positioned to fight for equal rights.

The Gendercide Awareness Project has no religious or political affiliations or preferences. We are neither pro-life nor pro-choice. We are strictly neutral with respect to the issue of abortion. We hope all parties will work together to end gendercide.

Our Story

The Gendercide Awareness Project, or “Gendap” for short, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Dallas, Texas. Our goal is to end gendercide by raising awareness and educating at-risk girls. Gendap was founded in 2001 by Beverly Hill to create a traveling art exhibit calling attention to the world’s 143 million “missing” women.  We paid poor women a fair wage to make the baby booties for the exhibit, strengthening them economically while showcasing their handiwork.  The exhibit premiered in 2017, with  press coverage enabling us to educate 3.7 million people.

In 2016 we launched our Girls’ Education Program.  Each year we raise and distribute thousands of dollars to educate poor, vulnerable girls via seven carefully vetted education partners in India, Nepal, Cambodia, Uganda (2 partners), Guatemala and Honduras.  Without this assistance, these girls would have no chance at an education.  We believe that educating at-risk girls is the best long-term strategy to end gendercide.  Education allows the girls to rise out of poverty, be self-reliant, and understand their rights.

Note:  We believe that the best way to tackle sex-selective abortion (a major cause of gendercide) is to end the widespread preference for sons by educating and economically empowering girls.  Outlawing abortion will only cause families to seek back-alley abortions or kill female infants directly after birth, as was done for centuries.

In our ten years of existence, we have worked with a broad array of community organizations.  In particular, we collaborate with the World Affairs Council of Dallas-Fort Worth to host film screenings, panel discussions, and lectures.

Long standing partners include:

  • Embrey Human Rights Program at Southern Methodist University
  • UT Dallas Asia Center
  • World Affairs Council of DFW
  • Dallas Trinity Rotary Club
  • India Association of North Texas
  • Soroptimists International Club – Dallas
  • Texas Muslim Women’s Foundation
  • South Asia Democracy Watch
  • National Council of Jewish Women

  • League of Women Voters (several chapters)

  • Peacemakers (Dallas International Women’s Peace Conferences)
  • FunAsia
  • Muslim Community Center for Human Services
  • Peace is Possible
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